hyperbolic

/หŒhaษชpษšหˆbษ‘lษชk/

IPA: /HH AY0 P ER0 B AA1 L IH0 K/

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to hyperbole.

  2. 2

    Using hyperbole: exaggerated.

    โ€œThis hyperbolical epitaph. โ€” Fuller.โ€

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.

  2. 2

    Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.

    โ€œThe hyperbolic cosine of zero is one.โ€

  3. 3

    (of a metric space or a geometry) Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.

  4. 4

    (of an automorphism) Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.

  5. 5

    Of, pertaining to or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hyperbolic