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hyperbola

[hahy-pur-buh-luh] / haɪˈpɜr bə lə /


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The foci must lie on the transverse axis and be in the interior of the hyperbola.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

If eccentricity is greater than 1, it is a hyperbola.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Since the y2 - term is positive, the hyperbola opens up and down.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

There are four conics—the circle, parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

The epithets hyperbolic and parabolic are of course derived from the conic hyperbola and parabola respectively.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various




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