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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

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

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.

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A body moving in a parabola or hyperbola would recede indefinitely from its centre of motion and never return to it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various




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