HYPERBOLICAL

Adjective

hyperbolical (comparative more hyperbolical, superlative most hyperbolical)

Hyperbolic

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



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