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HYPERBOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperbola mean? 

HYPERBOLA (noun)
  The noun HYPERBOLA has 1 sense:

1. an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular coneplay

  Familiarity information: HYPERBOLA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYPERBOLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("hyperbola" is a kind of...):

conic; conic section ((geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone)

Derivation:

hyperbolic (of or relating to a hyperbola)


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