hyperbola

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

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

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

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

Since the x2 - term is positive, the hyperbola opens left and right.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

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

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The surface is thus generated by a variable hyperbola moving parallel to itself along the parabolas as directrices.

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