A Quadratic Function Forms This Shape on a Graph
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Past and Present Tech, Group 1444, Puzzle 5 (Space Flights).
Question is: A Quadratic Function Forms This Shape on a Graph
and the answer is: PARABOLA
Word Meaning:
PARABOLA — (geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
Definitions from Wiktionary.