Definition of hyperbola Hyperbola

/hajpɚˈbʌlʌ/ - [hayperbulu] - hy•per•bo•la

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What does hyperbola mean?

Plural: hyperbolas

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

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

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hyperbola (Noun)
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.

hyperbola (n.)
A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See Illust. of Conic section, and Focus.

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

hyperbola
hī-per′bo-la, n. (geom.) one of the conic sections or curves formed when the intersecting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes.—adjs. Hyperbol′ic, -al.—adv. Hyperbol′ically.—adjs. Hyperbol′iform; Hyper′boloid. [L.,—Gr. hyperbolē, from hyperballein—hyper, beyond, ballein, to throw.]

hyperbola
One of the conic sections formed by cutting a cone by a plane which is so inclined to the axis, that when produced it cuts also the opposite cone, or the cone which is the continuation of the former, on the opposite side of the vertex.