hyperbolic

adj

/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/US

Etymology

From Latin hyperbolic(us), from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολικός (huperbolikós). First attested in the 15th century. By surface analysis, hyperbol(e) + -ic.

derived from ὑπερβολικός
derived from hyperbolicus

Definitions

Of or relating to hyperbole.
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Using hyperbole
Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
- At the risk of being slightly hyperbolic, the fourth season of The Simpsons is the greatest thing in the history of the universe.
Of a perceived color, having a saturation exceeding 100%.
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1. 4
  Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
  - In this configuration the on-axis image is produced at the real hyperbolic focus (fₛ₂) but off-axis performance suffers.
2. 5
  Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a…
  Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.
  - The hyperbolic cosine of zero is one.
3. 6
  Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
  - There is a universal constant m_0>0 such that every hyperbolic surface R has an embedded hyperbolic disk with radius greater than m_0.
4. 7
  Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by…
  Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
  - A hyperbolic isometry f has two (distinct) fixed points on ∂ℋ.
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  Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or…
  Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).
  - Exactly one hypercycle is a hyperbolic geodesic, and this is called the axis A_f of f.

The neighborhood

Derived

hyperbolically, antihyperbolic, arc-hyperbolic function, hyperbolic 3-manifold, hyperbolic algebra, hyperbolic angle, hyperbolic automorphism, hyperbolic color, hyperbolic colour, hyperbolic coordinate, hyperbolic cosecant, hyperbolic cosine, hyperbolic cosine integral, hyperbolic cotangent, hyperbolic cube, hyperbolic cylinder, hyperbolic differential equation, hyperbolic discounting, hyperbolic disk, hyperbolic dodecahedron, hyperbolic fixed point, hyperbolic function, hyperbolic geometry, hyperbolic group, hyperbolic growth, hyperbolic helicoid, hyperbolic icosahedron, hyperbolic inverse function, hyperbolicity, hyperbolic lemniscate function, hyperbolic link, hyperbolic map, hyperbolic metric, hyperbolic motion, hyperbolic navigation system, hyperbolic number, hyperbolic octahedron, hyperbolic orbit, hyperbolic-orthogonal, hyperbolic paraboloid · +32 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hyperbolic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at hyperbolic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at hyperbolic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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