Definition of HYPERBOLIC

hyperbolic

Adjective Satellite

  • enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
    • "a hyperbolic style"

Adjective

  • of or relating to a hyperbola
    • "hyperbolic functions"

Adj

  • Of or relating to hyperbole.
  • Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
  • Having a saturation exceeding 100%.
  • Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
  • Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.
  • Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
  • Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
  • Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).

Examples

  • The hyperbolic cosine of zero is one.

Origin / Etymology

From hyperbole + -ic.

Scrabble Score: 22

hyperbolic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hyperbolic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hyperbolic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

hyperbolic: valid Words With Friends Word