Hyperbel — meaning in English

English meaning

• hyperbola 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.
• hyperbole noun Exaggeration used for effect, not meant to be taken literally.

Senses

Hyperbel is used for these senses in English:

• hyperbola (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. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.
• hyperbole (uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.

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