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hyperbolic
/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/
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What does hyperbolic mean?
adjective
- Of or relating to hyperbole.
- Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
- Of a perceived color, having a saturation exceeding 100%.
More meanings (5)
adjective
- Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
- Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.
- Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
- Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
- Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/
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Indeed, he seemed to approach the grave as a hyperbolic curve approaches a line—sheering off as he got nearer, till it was doubtful if he would ever reach it at all.