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hyperbola

[hahy-pur-buh-luh] / haɪˈpɜr bə lə /


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

From Textbooks Sep. 23, 2020

Each piece of the graph is called a branch 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.

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

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Hence also— From the centre of an hyperbola two tangents can be drawn to the curve which have their point of contact at infinity.

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




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