transcription, транскрипция: [ hī-ˈpər-bə-lə ]
noun
( plural -las or hy·per·bo·lae -(ˌ)lē)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek hyperbolē
Date: 1668
: a plane curve generated by a point so moving that the difference of the distances from two fixed points is a constant : a curve formed by the intersection of a double right circular cone with a plane that cuts both halves of the cone
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hyperbola: AB, CD axes; F, F' foci; xy, zw asymptotes; h, h', h'', h''' hyperbola
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