hyperbola

English

Rectangular hyperbola graph

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ). Doublet of hyperbole.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: hīpûr'bələ, IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɚ.bə.lə/

Noun

hyperbola (plural hyperbolas or hyperbolae or hyperbolæ)

1. (geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.

Usage notes

• Like many terms that start with a non-silent h but have emphasis on their second syllable, some people precede hyperbola with an, others with a.

Derived terms

• hyperbolic
• rectangular hyperbola

 

Translations

geometric curve

• Armenian: հիպերբոլ (hy) (hiperbol)
• Belarusian: гіпе́рбала f (hipjérbala)
• Bengali: অধিবৃত্ত (bn) (odhibr̥tto)
• Bulgarian: хипе́рбола (bg) f (hipérbola)
• Catalan: hipèrbola (ca) f, hipèrbole (ca) f
• Cebuano: duhalitok
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙曲線／双曲线 (zh) (shuāngqūxiàn)

• Czech: hyperbola f
• Danish: hyperbel c
• Dutch: hyperbool (nl) m
• Esperanto: hiperbolo
• Finnish: hyperbeli (fi)
• French: hyperbole (fr) f
• Georgian: ჰიპერბოლა (hiṗerbola)
• German: Hyperbel (de) f
• Greek: υπερβολή (el) f (ypervolí)
• Gujarati: અતિવલય (ativalya)
• Hebrew: הִיפֵּרבּוֹלָה‎ f (hiperbola)
• Hindi: अतिपरवलय (hi) (atipravlay)
• Hungarian: hiperbola (hu)
• Icelandic: breiðbogi m, gleiðbogi m
• Irish: hipearbóil f
• Italian: iperbole (it) f
• Japanese: 双曲線 (そうきょくせん, sōkyokusen)
• Korean: 쌍곡선 (ko) (ssanggokseon)
• Maori: pūwerewere
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hyperbel m

  Nynorsk: hyperbel m

• Persian: هذلولی‎ (fa) (hozluli)
• Polish: hiperbola (pl) f
• Portuguese: hipérbole (pt) f
• Romanian: hiperbolă (ro) f
• Russian: гипе́рбола (ru) f (gipérbola)
• Slovak: hyperbola f
• Slovene: hiperbola (sl) f
• Spanish: hipérbola (es) f
• Swedish: hyperbel (sv) c
• Thai: ไฮเพอร์โบลา (hai-pəə-boo-lâa)
• Turkish: hiperbol (tr)
• Ukrainian: гіпе́рбола (uk) f (hipérbola)
• Vietnamese: hypecbon

See also

• circle
• conic section
• ellipse
• parabola
• unit hyperbola

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪpɛrbola]
• Rhymes: -ola

Noun

hyperbola f

1. (geometry) hyperbola
2. hyperbole, overstatement

   Synonym: nadsázka

Further reading

• hyperbola in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• hyperbola in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• hyperbola in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English hyperbole), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhyperbolɑ/, [ˈhype̞rˌbo̞lɑ]
• Rhymes: -olɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hy‧per‧bo‧la

Noun

hyperbola

1. hyperbole (extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device)

Declension

Inflection of hyperbola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		hyperbola	hyperbolat
genitive		hyperbolan	hyperbolien
partitive		hyperbolaa	hyperbolia
illative		hyperbolaan	hyperboliin
		singular	plural
nominative		hyperbola	hyperbolat
accusative	nom.	hyperbola	hyperbolat
	gen.	hyperbolan
genitive		hyperbolan	hyperbolien hyperbolainrare
partitive		hyperbolaa	hyperbolia
inessive		hyperbolassa	hyperbolissa
elative		hyperbolasta	hyperbolista
illative		hyperbolaan	hyperboliin
adessive		hyperbolalla	hyperbolilla
ablative		hyperbolalta	hyperbolilta
allative		hyperbolalle	hyperbolille
essive		hyperbolana	hyperbolina
translative		hyperbolaksi	hyperboliksi
instructive		—	hyperbolin
abessive		hyperbolatta	hyperbolitta
comitative		—	hyperbolineen

Possessive forms of hyperbola (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hyperbolani	hyperbolamme
2nd person	hyperbolasi	hyperbolanne
3rd person	hyperbolansa