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hyperbola

[hahy-pur-buh-luh] / haɪˈpɜr bə lə /


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The lines containing the diagonals of this rectangle are the asymptotes of the hyperbola.

From Textbooks May 6, 2020

We define a hyperbola as all points in a plane where the difference of their distances from two fixed points is constant.

From Textbooks May 6, 2020

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

From Textbooks May 6, 2020

Its orbit is a hyperbola, and when discovered it was already rapidly leaving the inner solar system.

From Textbooks Oct. 13, 2016

Let CC be the other foci of the ellipse and the hyperbola.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various




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