Associations to the word «Hyperbola»

Wiktionary

HYPERBOLA, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

HYPERBOLA, noun. An open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats