English Explanatory Dictionary

hyperbolic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to hyperbole.
Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
Of a perceived color, having a saturation exceeding 100%.

adj

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).

Pronunciation

hīpərbŏl'ĭk /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hyperbolic.wav

Word forms

hyperbolic more hyperbolic most hyperbolic hyperbolical hyperbolick

Etymology

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

Synonyms

exaggerative

Derived words

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 hyperbolic partial differential equation hyperbolic plane hyperbolic point hyperbolic polar sine hyperbolic polyhedron hyperbolic polynomial hyperbolic quaternion hyperbolic rotation hyperbolic secant hyperbolic secant distribution hyperbolic sector hyperbolic set hyperbolic sine hyperbolic sine integral hyperbolic small dodecahedral honeycomb hyperbolic space hyperbolic tangent hyperbolic tetrahedron hyperbolic time chamber hyperbolic trajectory

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