Hyperbolic
Hyperbolic (hī`pẽr*bo"ik) , adjective
[Latin hyperbolicus, Greek "yperboliko`s: compare French hyperbolique.]
1.
(Mathematics) Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.
2.
(Rhetoric) Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; as, an hyperbolical expression.
This hyperbolical epitaph.
Collocations (3)
Hyperbolic functions (Mathematics) , 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 (Mathematics) , 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.
Also: Hyperbolical