hyperbola - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From New Latin hyperbola, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ).^[1][2] Doublet of hyperbole.

• (US) enPR: hīpûr'bələ, IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɚ.bə.lə/

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.

• Like many terms that start with a non-silent h but have emphasis on their second syllable, some people precede hyperbola with an, others with a.

• circle
• conic section
• ellipse
• parabola
• unit hyperbola

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪpɛrbola]
• Rhymes: -ola

hyperbola f

1. (geometry) hyperbola
2. hyperbole, overstatement

   Synonym: nadsázka

• “hyperbola”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “hyperbola”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “hyperbola”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Internationalism (see English hyperbole), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ). Doublet of hyperbeli (hyperbola).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhyperˌbolɑ/, [ˈhype̞rˌbo̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -olɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): hyper‧bola

hyperbola

1. hyperbole (extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device)

• “hyperbola”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Internationalism (see English hyperbola), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ).

hyperbola m (plural hyperbolâu, not mutable)

1. (geometry) hyperbola^[1][2]