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Is a graph of a quadratic function always a parabola?
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What 2D shape looks like a squashed circle and no straight edges?
an ellipse, one of the four types of "conic sections": ellipse, circle, parabola, and hyperbola
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He is credited with introducing the words: ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.
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