hyperbolical

Variant of hyperbolic

adjective

  1. of, having the nature of, or using hyperbole; exaggerated or exaggerating
  2. of, or having the form of, a hyperbola
  3. 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

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