hyperbolic
US/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/
hyperbolic adjective: of or relating to hyperbole.
Adjective (1)
hyperbolic (comparative more hyperbolic, superlative most hyperbolic)
- Of or relating to hyperbole.
- Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
- At the risk of being slightly hyperbolic, the fourth season of The Simpsons is the greatest thing in the history of the universe.2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club
- Synonyms:
- exaggerative
- Of a perceived color, having a saturation exceeding 100%.
- Using the techniques already explored, we can contrive to activate a coding triplet in any one of those four extremal corners. If one fixates at length on a pale blue-green stimulus, as in Figure 18, and then refixates on an already maximally saturated orange surface, then the resituated f/p vector...2005, Paul Churchland, “Chimerical colors: some phenomenological predictions from cognitive neuroscience”, in Philosophical Psychology, volume 18, number 5, →DOI, archived from the original on 16 Jun...
Adjective (2)
hyperbolic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
- In this configuration the on-axis image is produced at the real hyperbolic focus (fₛ₂) but off-axis performance suffers.1988, R. F. Leftwich, "Wide-Band Radiation Thermometers", chapter 7 of, David P. DeWitt and Gene D. Nutter, editors, Theory and Practice of Radiation Thermometry, page 512...
- Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.
- The hyperbolic cosine of zero is one.
- Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
- There is a universal constant m_0>0 such that every hyperbolic surface R has an embedded hyperbolic disk with radius greater than m_0.1998, Katsuhiko Matsuzaki and Masahiko Taniguchi, Hyperbolic Manifolds and Kleinian Groups, 2002 reprint, Oxford, page 8, proposition 0.10...
- Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
- A hyperbolic isometry f has two (distinct) fixed points on ∂ℋ.2001, A. F. Beardon, "The Geometry of Riemann Surfaces", in, E. Bujalance, A. F. Costa, and E. Martínez, editors, Topics on Riemann Surfaces and Fuchsian Groups, Cambridge, page 6...
- Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).
- Exactly one hypercycle is a hyperbolic geodesic, and this is called the axis A_f of f.2001, A. F. Beardon, "The Geometry of Riemann Surfaces", in, E. Bujalance, A. F. Costa, and E. Martínez, editors, Topics on Riemann Surfaces and Fuchsian Groups, Cambridge, page 6...
hyperbolic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hyperbolic in Hindi
- pertaining to a mathematical hyperbola
- अतिपरवलयिक atipravalyik
hyperbolic in Tamil
- அதிபரவளைய
hyperbolic in Marathi
- हायपरबोलिक, हायपरबॉलिक
hyperbolic in Urdu
- ہائپربولک, ہائیپربولک, ہایپربولک
More languagesFewer languages
- hyperbolic in Bengali
- হাইপারবোলিক, হায়পারবোলিক, হাইপারবলিক
- hyperbolic in Telugu
- హైపర్బోలిక్, హైపర్బొలిక్
- hyperbolic in Malayalam
- ഹൈപ്പർബോളിക്, ഹൈപർബോളിക്, ഹൈപ്പർബോളിക്ക്
- hyperbolic in Kannada
- ಹೈಪರ್ಬೋಲಿಕ್, ಹೈಪರ್ಬೊಲಿಕ್, ಹೈಪರ್ಬಾಲಿಕ್
- hyperbolic in Punjabi
- ਹਾਈਪਰਬੋਲਿਕ, ਹਾਇਪਰਬੋਲਿਕ, ਹਾਈਪਰਬੋਲੀਕ
- hyperbolic in Gujarati
- અતિવલયાકાર ativalyākār
- hyperbolic in Odia
- ହାଇପରବୋଲିକ୍, ହାଇପର୍ବୋଲିକ୍, ହାଇପରବୋଲିକ
- hyperbolic in Nepali
- हाइपरबोलिक, हाइपरबॉलिक
Examples of hyperbolic in a sentence
- An ideal triangle in the hyperbolic disk is one bounded by three geodesics that meet precisely on the circle.
- (hyperbolic) There were trillions of people at the concert.
- If the homology centre lies on the homology axis, the homology is said to be singular or parabolic; otherwise, it is called non-singular or hyperbolic.
Synonyms of hyperbolic
Forms of hyperbolic
| comparative | more hyperbolic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hyperbolic |
| alternative form | hyperbolical |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hyperbolick |
Origin of hyperbolic
From Latin hyperbolic(us), from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολικός (huperbolikós). First attested in the 15th century. By surface analysis, hyperbol(e) + -ic.
First attested in 1676. By surface analysis, hyperbol(a) + -ic.
Words formed from hyperbolic
- hyperbolically
- antihyperbolic
- arc-hyperbolic function
- hyperbolic 3-manifold
- hyperbolic algebra
- hyperbolic angle
- hyperbolic automorphism
- hyperbolic color
- hyperbolic colour
- hyperbolic coordinate
- hyperbolic cosecant
- hyperbolic cosine
- hyperbolic cosine integral
- hyperbolic cotangent
- hyperbolic cube
- hyperbolic cylinder
- hyperbolic differential equation
- hyperbolic discounting
- hyperbolic disk
- hyperbolic dodecahedron
- hyperbolic fixed point
- hyperbolic function
- hyperbolic geometry
- hyperbolic group
- hyperbolic growth
- hyperbolic helicoid
- hyperbolic icosahedron
- hyperbolic inverse function
- hyperbolicity
- hyperbolic lemniscate function
- hyperbolic link
- hyperbolic map
- hyperbolic metric
- hyperbolic motion
- hyperbolic navigation system
- hyperbolic number
- hyperbolic octahedron
- hyperbolic orbit
- hyperbolic-orthogonal
- hyperbolic paraboloid
- hyperbolic partial differential equation
- hyperbolic plane
- hyperbolic point
- hyperbolic polar sine
- hyperbolic polyhedron
- hyperbolic polynomial
- hyperbolic quaternion
- hyperbolic rotation
- hyperbolic secant
- hyperbolic secant distribution
- hyperbolic sector
- hyperbolic set
- hyperbolic sine
- hyperbolic sine integral
- hyperbolic small dodecahedral honeycomb
- hyperbolic space
- hyperbolic tangent
- hyperbolic tetrahedron
- hyperbolic time chamber
- hyperbolic trajectory
Phrases with hyperbolic
Words that rhyme with hyperbolic
Questions about hyperbolic
- What does hyperbolic mean?
- Hyperbolic means of or relating to hyperbole.
- What is hyperbolic in Hindi?
- Hyperbolic in Hindi is अतिपरवलयिक (atipravalyik). See Hyperbolic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hyperbolic?
- Hyperbolic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hyperbolic?
- Hyperbolic is pronounced /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/ (US).
Words near hyperbolic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyperbolic (page history and authors); hyperbolic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hyperbolic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hyperbolic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hyperbolic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hyperbolic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hyperbolic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hyperbolic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hyperbolic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hyperbolic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hyperbolic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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