hyperbola

1. 1.

   an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone

   Broaderconic section

Other forms of hyperbola

plural

hyperbolas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hyperbola

What does hyperbola mean?

hyperbola means "an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone".

How many syllables are in hyperbola?

hyperbola has 4 syllables: hy-per-bo-la. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /haɪˈpɝbələ/.

Is hyperbola a common word?

hyperbola is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.