The bridge was built in two parabolic shapes.

In that case, the free surface of the water will assume a parabolic shape.

To avoid the problem of a structurally unstable seam, the engineers proposed a synthetic back with a parabolic shape.

By mid-1966, they realized that the parabolic shape produced a desirable tone with greater volume than the conventional dreadnought.

The parabolic shape of a dish reflects the signal to the dish's focal point.

A Winston cone is a light-collection device with a parabolic shape and a reflective inner surface.

The head has a long, narrow parabolic shape from above.

On a signal, the ribs should have extended up and out, opening the metallic-mesh antenna surface to its full parabolic shape.

Above the X-brace joint, braces usually have a parabolic shape.

Other possibilities for inducing a parabolic shape in the reflecting liquid include: