Assertion: parabola's line | /r/Synonym | the axis of symmetry
Facets:
value: in a parabola
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The line perpendicular to the directrix and passing through the focus (that is, the line that splits the parabola up the middle) is called the " axis of symmetry ".
text: A line that splits the parabola through the middle is known as the axis of symmetry; this line is also perpendicular to the directrix and passes through the focus.
text: In a parabola, a line passing through the focus and perpendicular to the directrix is called an “axis of symmetry.
text: The line perpendicular to the directrix and passing through the focus (that is, the line that splits the parabola through the middle) is called the "axis of symmetry".
text: The line that passes through the vertex and focus is called the axis of symmetry (see Figure 1.)
text: The dashed line with each of these parabolas is called the axis of symmetry.
text: With this in mind, the line of symmetry (also known as the axis of symmetry) is the line that splits the parabola into two separate branches that mirror each other.