KnowraParabolaLinked fromLinked fromThe 16 pages that link to Parabola, each with the reason it gives.All 16Broader topic 7Related 5Compared with 4CircleCompared with: Unlike a circle, it is an open curve rather than a closed one.EllipseCompared with: Unlike an ellipse, a parabola is unbounded and has one focus.CatenaryCompared with: A cable under uniform horizontal loading forms a parabola, unlike a chain under its own weight.HyperbolaCompared with: It is the remaining non-elliptic conic, defined without a pair of foci.