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Meaning of hyperbolic plane

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hyperbolic

Pronunciation:/ˌhaɪpɚˈbɑlɪk/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to hyperbole.

  2. Using hyperbole: exaggerated.

    Example: This hyperbolical epitaph. — Fuller.

hyperbolic

Pronunciation:/ˌhaɪpɚˈbɑlɪk/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.

  2. Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.

    Example: The hyperbolic cosine of zero is one.

  3. (of a metric space or a geometry) Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.

  4. (of an automorphism) Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.