Hyperbola definition
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Noun
Origin of hyperbola
- New Latin from Greek huperbolē a throwing beyond, excess (from the relationship between the line joining the vertices of a conic and the line through its focus and parallel to its directrix) hyperbole
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolē).
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