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Definition of: hyperbola
(hī·pûr′bə·lə) noun Math.
A curve traced by a point moving so that the difference between its distances from two fixed points, or foci, remains constant; the curves traced by the edges where a plane intersects the nappes of a right circular cone. [<NL <Gk. hyperbolē a throwing beyond, excess. See HYPERBOLE.]
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