hyperbola
/haɪˈpɚ.bə.lə/
hyperbola noun: a conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.
Noun
hyperbola (plural hyperbolas or hyperbolae or hyperbolæ)
- A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.
hyperbola meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
hyperbola in Hindi
- geometric curve
- अतिपरवलय atipravlay
hyperbola in Tamil
- அதிபரவளைவு, மீ பரவளையம், அதிபர வளைவு, அதிபரவளை, மிகை வளையம், அதிபரவளையம்
hyperbola in Bengali
- geometric curve
- অধিবৃত্ত odhibritto
hyperbola in Malayalam
- അധിവലയം
More languagesFewer languages
- hyperbola in Gujarati
- અતિવલય ativalya
- hyperbola in Arabic
- قَطْعٌ زَائِد qaṭʕun zāʔid, هَذْلُول haḏlūl
- hyperbola in Persian
- هذلولی hozluli
- hyperbola in Thai
- ไฮเพอร์โบลา hai-pəə-boo-lâa
- hyperbola in Vietnamese
- hypecbon
Forms of hyperbola
| plural | hyperbolas |
|---|---|
| plural | hyperbolae |
| plural | hyperbolæ |
Origin of hyperbola
From New Latin hyperbola, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ). Doublet of hyperbole.
Words formed from hyperbola
Questions about hyperbola
- What does hyperbola mean?
- Hyperbola means a conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.
- What is hyperbola in Hindi?
- Hyperbola in Hindi is अतिपरवलय (atipravlay). See Hyperbola meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hyperbola?
- Hyperbola is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hyperbola?
- Hyperbola is pronounced /haɪˈpɚ.bə.lə/ (US).
- What is the plural of hyperbola?
- The plural of hyperbola is hyperbolas.
Words near hyperbola in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyperbola (page history and authors); hyperbola (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hyperbola (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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