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HYPERBOLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("hyperbola" is a kind of...):
conic; conic section ((geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone)
Derivation:
hyperbolic (of or relating to a hyperbola)
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