hyperbola
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Noun — A conic section produced where a cone is cut by a plane that also crosses the cone's base and does not merely touch the cone's surface. The curve y(x) = 1/x is an example of a hyperbola.
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Etymology
Came from New Latin hyperbola, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ); a doublet of hyperbole.
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