hyperbolic, inflated
(adjective) enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; “a hyperbolic style”
hyperbolic
(adjective) of or relating to a hyperbola; “hyperbolic functions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hyperbolic (comparative more hyperbolic, superlative most hyperbolic)
Of or relating to hyperbole.
Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
hyperbolic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.
(mathematics, of a, metric space or a geometry) Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
(geometry, topology, of an automorphism) Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
(topology) Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`per*bol"ic, Hy`per*bol"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. hyperbolicus, Gr. hyperbolique.]
1. (Math.)
Definition: Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.
2. (Rhet.)
Definition: Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; as, an hyperbolical expression. "This hyperbolical epitaph." Fuller. Hyperbolic functions (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.
– Hyperbolic logarithm. See Logarithm.
– Hyperbolic spiral (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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
