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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hyperbola \Hy*per"bo*la\, n. [Gr. ?, prop., an overshooting,
     excess, i. e., of the angle which the cutting plane makes
     with the base. See {Hyperbole}.] (Geom.)
     A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane
     makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone
     makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the


     distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called
     foci, is equal to a given distance. See {Focus}. If the
     cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone,
     another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola.
     Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola.
     See Illust. of Conic section, and {Focus}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "hyperbola":
     arc, bow, catacaustic, catenary, caustic, circle, conchoid, crook,
     curl, curve, diacaustic, ellipse, festoon, hook, lituus, parabola,
     sinus, tracery
  
  

















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