hyperbolic

  1. Adjective.  of or relating to hyperbole.
  2. Adjective.  using hyperbole: exaggerated.
  3. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to an hyperbola.
  4. Adjective.  (non-gloss definition, Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a {{soplink) .}}.
  5. Adjective.  (mathematics, of a) Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
  6. Adjective.  (geometry, topology) Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
  7. Adjective.  (topology) Of, pertaining to(,) or in a hyperbolic space (gloss, a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature) .

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