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hyperbolic.

Of or relating to hyperbole.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/US
  1. Of or relating to hyperbole.

  2. Using hyperbole: exaggerated.

  3. Of a perceived color, having a saturation exceeding 100%.

Where this word comes from

From Latin hyperbolic(us), from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολικός (huperbolikós). First attested in the 15th century. By surface analysis, hyperbol(e) + -ic.

adj/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɔl.ɪk/US
  1. Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.

    not-comparable
  2. Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.

    not-comparable
    The hyperbolic cosine of zero is one.
  3. Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.

    not-comparable
  4. Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.

    not-comparable
  5. Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

First attested in 1676. By surface analysis, hyperbol(a) + -ic.

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