hyperbolic
Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/
The English word “hyperbolic” has 8 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Of or relating to hyperbole.
- Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
- Of a perceived color, having a saturation exceeding 100%.
- 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).
Etymology
From Latin hyperbolic(us), from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολικός (huperbolikós). First attested in the 15th century. By surface analysis, hyperbol(e) + -ic.
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