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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

While the equations of an ellipse and a hyperbola are very similar, their graphs are very different.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

The two points where the transverse axis intersects the hyperbola are each a vertex of the hyperbola.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

The circle, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola are all formed by the intersection of a plane with a cone.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Two asymptotes and any two tangents to an hyperbola may be considered as a quadrilateral circumscribed about the 701 hyperbola.

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




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