- 1. a. Alt. of Hyperbolical Source: opted
- 2. adj. enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. of or relating to a hyperbola Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. (Math.) Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola. 2. (Rhet.) Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; as, an hyperbolical expression. "This hyperbolical epitaph." Fuller. Hyperbolic functions (Math.), certain functions which have relations to the hyperbola corresponding to those which sines, cosines, tangents, etc., have to the circle; and hence, called hyperbolic sines, hyperbolic cosines, etc. -- Hyperbolic logarithm. See Logarithm. -- Hyperbolic spiral (Math.), a spiral curve, the law of which is, that the distance from the pole to the generating point varies inversely as the angle swept over by the radius vector. Source: webster
- 5. j:100 s. enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness a. of or relating to a hyperbola Source: ecdict
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