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| hy·per·bo·la [ hī púrbələ ] (plural hy·per·bo·las or hy·per·bo·lae [ hī púrbəlee ]) |
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conic section: a conic section formed by a point that moves in a plane so that the difference in its distance from two fixed points in the plane remains constant
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| [Mid-17th century. Via modern Latin< Greek huperbolē "excess" (see hyperbole)] |
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