Meaning Of The Word Hyperbola
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Hyperbola Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Hyperbola?
hyperbola in American English
the path of a point that moves so that the difference of its distances from two fixed points, the foci, is constant; curve formed by the section of a cone cut by a plane more steeply inclined than the side of the cone 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 grea hyperbola in British English 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: x2/a2 – y2/ b2 = 1 where 2a is the distance between the two intersections with th |
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