Definition of Hiperbolic
{ Hy`per*bol"ic (?), Hy`per*bol"ic*al (?), }
a. [L. hyperbolicus, Gr. &?;: cf. F.
hyperbolique.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- of, or relating to hyperbole; exaggerated
- (mathematics) of or pertaining to a hyperbola, or to the hyperbolic function
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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