hyperbola

[hahy-pur-buh-luh] / haɪˈpɜr bə lə /

NOUN

curve

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arc arch contour loop trajectory

STRONG

ambit bend bight bow camber catenary chord circle circuit circumference compass concavity crook curlicue curvature ellipse festoon flexure hairpin half-moon helix horseshoe incurvation incurvature meniscus ogee parabola quirk round sinuosity sweep swerve turn vault whorl

WEAK

curvation rondure

Antonyms

WEAK

line

Example Sentences

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In your own words, define a hyperbola and write the equation of a hyperbola centered at the origin in standard form.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

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

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

Sometimes the equation for a hyperbola needs to be first placed in standard form before we graph it.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

We will see that the equation of a hyperbola looks the same as the equation of an ellipse, except it is a difference rather than a sum.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

But after you have demonstrated to him the properties of the hyperbola and its asymptote, the apparent absurdity vanishes.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1

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