hyperbolic

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/ˌhaɪpɚˈbɑlɪk/ English

Definitions

adjective

Of or relating to hyperbole.
Using hyperbole: exaggerated.“This hyperbolical epitaph. — Fuller.”

adjective

Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.“The hyperbolic cosine of zero is one.”
(of a metric space or a geometry) Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
(of an automorphism) Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.

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Synonyms

exaggerated inflated increased bell-shaped paraboloid cotangent paraboloids hyperbatic hyperarithmetical hyperkyphotic hypergraphic hypercarbic hypercyclic hyperoxic hypercatabolic hypertrophic

Associated

hyperboloid cosh secant tiling honeycomb hyperbola tessellation cosine quaternion isometry euclidean

Rhymes

melancholic vitriolic bucolic frolic symbolic bollock parabolic rollick workaholic hydraulic

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