HYPERBOLIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperbolic mean? 

• HYPERBOLIC (adjective)
  The adjective HYPERBOLIC has 2 senses:

1. enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

2. of or relating to a hyperbola

  Familiarity information: HYPERBOLIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERBOLIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

Synonyms:

hyperbolic; inflated

Context example:

a hyperbolic style

Similar:

increased (made greater in size or amount or degree)

Derivation:

hyperbole (extravagant exaggeration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to a hyperbola

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

hyperbolic functions

Pertainym:

hyperbola (an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone)

Derivation:

hyperbola (an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone)

 Context examples 

He said, "I know it sounds hyperbolic, but ... it did bring tears to my eyes."

(Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle, VOA)

"The hyperbolic paraboloid is a striking pattern that has been used in architectural designs the world over," said Glaucio Paulino of Georgia Tech.

(Saddle-shaped origami enables new microelectronic applications, National Science Foundation)

Research examined whether the popular origami pattern that resembles the geometric hyperbolic paraboloid — or hypar — had the same physical characteristics as its geometric counterpart.

(Saddle-shaped origami enables new microelectronic applications, National Science Foundation)

Remarkably, these engineering researchers developed this first mathematical proof, which shows that the elegant shape folded from concentrically pleated squares is invariantly a hyperbolic paraboloid, said Nakhiah Goulbourne, NSF program director for Mechanics of Materials and Structures.

(Saddle-shaped origami enables new microelectronic applications, National Science Foundation)