HYPERBOLA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("hyperbola" is a kind of...):

conic; conic section ((geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone)

Derivation:

hyperbolic (of or relating to a hyperbola)

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