Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or employing hyperbole.
- adjective Of, relating to, or having the form of a hyperbola.
- adjective Of or relating to a geometric system in which two or more lines can be drawn through any point in a plane and not intersect a given line in the plane.
- adjective Of or relating to a hyperbolic function.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of hyperbole; obviously exaggerating or exaggerated.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of the hyperbola.
- Having a pair of real points at infinity. Thus, hyperbolic space is so called beacause in it every right line has two real points at infinity; so hyperbolic transformation, substitution, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Math.) Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.
- adjective (Rhet.) Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth.
- adjective (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. - adjective See
Logarithm . - adjective (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or relating to
hyperbole - adjective using hyperbole:
exaggerated - adjective Of or pertaining to an
hyperbola . - adjective Indicates that the specified function is a
hyperbolic function rather than atrigonometric function . - adjective mathematics Having
negative curvature or sectional curvature. - adjective geometry, topology Whose
domain has two (possiblyideal )fixed points joined by aline mapped toitself bytranslation . - adjective topology Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
- adjective of or relating to a hyperbola
Etymologies
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Examples
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You engaged in hyperbolic vitriol and attempted to turn my stance into one of a patronizing controlling male incapable of comprehending your world view.
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But In regards to our dialog and you attaching arguments to me that I did not make while engaging in hyperbolic statements addressed to me, I can.
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A relative newcomer named Hakaan Yildirim, who won Paris's prestigious Andam award for young talent, was a victim of boastful handlers who described him in hyperbolic terms he could never live up to.
Zac Posen, Hakaan Yildirim among designers outshone in the City of Light Robin Givhan 2010
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Where "dictatorship" becomes somewhat less hyperbolic is with regard to the policy-based presidential veto that I have previously railed against.
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Where "dictatorship" becomes somewhat less hyperbolic is with regard to the policy-based presidential veto that I have previously railed against.
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Where "dictatorship" becomes somewhat less hyperbolic is with regard to the policy-based presidential veto that I have previously railed against.
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Where "dictatorship" becomes somewhat less hyperbolic is with regard to the policy-based presidential veto that I have previously railed against.
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Where "dictatorship" becomes somewhat less hyperbolic is with regard to the policy-based presidential veto that I have previously railed against.
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Where "dictatorship" becomes somewhat less hyperbolic is with regard to the policy-based presidential veto that I have previously railed against.
Balkinization 2007
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Where "dictatorship" becomes somewhat less hyperbolic is with regard to the policy-based presidential veto that I have previously railed against.
Balkinization 2007
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word hyperbolic
"It should be obvious to even the most dimwitted individual who holds an advanced degree in hyperbolic topology that Homer Simpson has stumbled into the third dimension"
- Professor Frink
January 21, 2007