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hyperbola

noun
/haɪˈpɚ.bə.lə/US

Etymology

From New Latin hyperbola, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ). Doublet of hyperbole.

  1. derived from ὑπερβολή
  2. borrowed from hyperbola

Definitions

  1. A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the…

    A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hyperbola. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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