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hyperbola

[hahy-pur-buh-luh] / haɪˈpɜr bə lə /


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

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

The foci must lie on the transverse axis and be in the interior of the hyperbola.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

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

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

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

It follows that DF = EC, and ED = CF; or On any secant of an hyperbola the segments between the curve and the asymptotes are equal.

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




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