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noun (plural hyperbolas or hyperbolae)
  1. (geometry) 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.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: hyperbool
  • French: hyperbole
  • German: Hyperbel
  • Italian: iperbole
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: hipérbola
Etymology: From Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) (huperbolÄ)


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