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hyperbola
[ hahy-pur-buh-luh ]
noun
- the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
hyperbola
/ ³ó²¹ÉªËˆ±èɜ˲úÉ™±ôÉ™ /
noun
- a conic section formed by a plane that cuts both bases of a cone; it consists of two branches asymptotic to two intersecting fixed lines and has two foci. Standard equation: x ²/ a ² – y ²/ b ² = 1 where 2 a is the distance between the two intersections with the x -axis and b = a √( e ² – 1), where e is the eccentricity
hyperbola
/ ³óÄ«-±èû°ù′²úÉ™-±ôÉ™ /
, Plural hyperbolas ³óÄ«-±èû°ù′²úÉ™-±ôŧ
- A plane curve having two separate parts or branches, formed when two cones that point toward one another are intersected by a plane that is parallel to the axes of the cones.
Notes
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hyperbola1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hyperbola1
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Example Sentences
"Not every hyperbola is a burial or a grave — there's tree roots, there's masses, and other things in the substrate," Small says.
Take a cone and cut it up; you get circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas, depending on how you slice it.
But most of the world of commodities is defined by hyperbola- or parabola-shaped curves.
“You can make a complete set of all four sconic sections: circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola,†the site explains, in step-by-step instructions that could easily swallow your entire weekend.
The two axes of the ellipse are the major axis and the minor axis, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the transverse axis and the conjugate axis.
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