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hyperbolic

/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/

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What does hyperbolic mean?

adjective

  1. Of or relating to hyperbole.
  2. Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
  3. Of a perceived color, having a saturation exceeding 100%.
More meanings (5)

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
  2. Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.
  3. Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
  4. Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
  5. Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).

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/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.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27