hyperbolic

/ˌhaɪpɚˈbɑlɪk/ · adjective

Meaning

Of or relating to hyperbole.
Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.
(of a metric space or a geometry) Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
(of an automorphism) Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
Of, pertaining to or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).

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