"hyperbola" meaning in English

See hyperbola in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /haɪˈpɚ.bə.lə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-hyperbola.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hyperbola.wav Forms: hyperbolas [plural], hyperbolae [plural], hyperbolæ [plural]
enPR: hīpûr'bələ [US] Etymology: From New Latin hyperbola, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ). Doublet of hyperbole. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|hyperbola}} New Latin hyperbola, {{der|en|grc|ὑπερβολή}} Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ), {{doublet|en|hyperbole}} Doublet of hyperbole Head templates: {{en-noun|s|hyperbolae|hyperbolæ}} hyperbola (plural hyperbolas or hyperbolae or hyperbolæ)
  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. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola. Wikipedia link: hyperbola Categories (topical): Curves, Functions, Geometry Derived forms: equilateral hyperbola, hyperbolic, rectangular hyperbola Related terms: circle, conic section, ellipse, parabola, unit hyperbola Translations (geometric curve): قَطْعٌ زَائِد (qaṭʕun zāʔid) [masculine] (Arabic), هَذْلُول (haḏlūl) [masculine] (Arabic), հիպերբոլ (hiperbol) (Armenian), гіпе́рбала (hipjérbala) [feminine] (Belarusian), অধিবৃত্ত (odhibritto) (Bengali), хипе́рбола (hipérbola) [feminine] (Bulgarian), hipèrbola [feminine] (Catalan), hipèrbole [feminine] (Catalan), duhalitok (Cebuano), 雙曲線 /双曲线 (shuāngqūxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), hyperbola [feminine] (Czech), hyperbel [common-gender] (Danish), hyperbool [masculine] (Dutch), hiperbolo (Esperanto), hyperbeli (Finnish), hyperbole [feminine] (French), ჰიპერბოლა (hiṗerbola) (Georgian), Hyperbel [feminine] (German), υπερβολή (ypervolí) [feminine] (Greek), અતિવલય (ativalya) (Gujarati), הִיפֵּרבּוֹלָה (hiperbola) [feminine] (Hebrew), अतिपरवलय (atipravlay) (Hindi), hiperbola (Hungarian), breiðbogi [masculine] (Icelandic), gleiðbogi [masculine] (Icelandic), hipearbóil [feminine] (Irish), iperbole [feminine] (Italian), 双曲線 (sōkyokusen) (alt: そうきょくせん) (Japanese), 쌍곡선 (ssanggokseon) (Korean), pūwerewere (Maori), hyperbel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hyperbel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), هذلولی (hozluli) (Persian), hiperbola [feminine] (Polish), hipérbole [feminine] (Portuguese), hiperbolă [feminine] (Romanian), гипе́рбола (gipérbola) [feminine] (Russian), hyperbola [feminine] (Slovak), hiperbola [feminine] (Slovene), hipérbola [feminine] (Spanish), hyperbel [common-gender] (Swedish), ไฮเพอร์โบลา (hai-pəə-boo-lâa) (Thai), hiperbol (Turkish), гіпе́рбола (hipérbola) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hypecbon (Vietnamese), hyperbola [masculine] (Welsh)
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Inflected forms

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          "roman": "hiṗerbola",
          "sense": "geometric curve",
          "word": "ჰიპერბოლა"
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          "roman": "ypervolí",
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        {
          "code": "th",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "hipearbóil"
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      "sense": "geometric curve",
      "word": "هذلولی"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "geometric curve",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hiperbola"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "geometric curve",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "hiperbolă"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "geometric curve",
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      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "geometric curve",
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