Meaning

8 senses
  1. Of or relating to hyperbole.

    of or relating to a hyperbola

  2. Using hyperbole: exaggerated.

    hyperbolisch, übertrieben

    гиперболи́ческийgiperbolíčeskij, преувели́ченныйpreuvelíčennyj

    гіперболі́чнийhiperbolíčnyj

  3. Of a perceived color, having a saturation exceeding 100%.

  4. (not comparable)Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.

    hyperbolisch

    гиперболи́ческийgiperbolíčeskij

    гіперболі́чнийhiperbolíčnyj

  5. (not comparable)Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.

    The hyperbolic cosine of zero is one.

  6. (not comparable)Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.

  7. (not comparable)Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.

  8. (not comparable)Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).

Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Latin hyperbolic(us), from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολικός (huperbolikós). First attested i

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.

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