01 a. Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.
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Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.(Math.)
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Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; as, an hyperbolical expression.(Rhet.)
Phrases & compounds
Hyperbolic functions —
certain functions which have relations to the hyperbola corresponding to those which sines, cosines, tangents, etc., have to the circle; and hence, called hyperbolic sines, hyperbolic cosines, etc.
Hyperbolic logarithm —
See Logarithm.
Hyperbolic spiral —
a spiral curve, the law of which is, that the distance from the pole to the generating point varies inversely as the angle swept over by the radius vector.