Curve That Is U-Shaped

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Extraordinary Creatures, Group 1595, Puzzle 1 (Winged Lion).

Question

Curve That Is U-Shaped

Answer

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.

Curve that is U-shaped Extraordinary Creatures Answers