adjective
- of, having the nature of, or using hyperbole; exaggerated or exaggerating
- of, or having the form of, a hyperbola
- designating or of any of a set of six functions (, , etc.) related to the hyperbola in a manner similar to that by which the trigonometric functions are related to the circle
Origin:
LL hyperbolicus < Gr hyperbolikos < hyperbolē: see hyperbola