hyperbola

From Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ). Doublet of hyperbole.

• (US) enPR: hīpûr'bələ, IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɚ.bə.lə/

hyperbola (plural hyperbolas or hyperbolae or hyperbolæ)

1. (geometry) 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. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.

• Like many terms that start with a non-silent h but have emphasis on their second syllable, some people precede hyperbola with an, others with a.

• hyperbolic

• circle
• conic section
• ellipse
• parabola
• unit hyperbola

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪpɛrbola]
• Rhymes: -ola

hyperbola f

1. (geometry) hyperbola
2. hyperbole, overstatement

   Synonym: nadsázka

• hyperbola in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• hyperbola in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• hyperbola in Internetová jazyková příručka

Internationalism (see English hyperbole), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhyperbolɑ/, [ˈhype̞rˌbo̞lɑ]
• Rhymes: -olɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hy‧per‧bo‧la

hyperbola

1. hyperbole (extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device)