Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or employing hyperbole.
- adj. Mathematics Of, relating to, or having the form of a hyperbola.
- adj. Mathematics Of or relating to a geometric system in which two or more lines can be drawn through any point in a plane and not intersect a given line in the plane.
- adj. Mathematics Of or relating to a hyperbolic function: hyperbolic cosine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to or of the nature of hyperbole; obviously exaggerating or exaggerated.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of the hyperbola.
- Having a pair of real points at infinity. Thus, hyperbolic space is so called beacause in it every right line has two real points at infinity; so hyperbolic transformation, substitution, etc.
Wiktionary
- adj. of, or relating to hyperbole; exaggerated
- adj. of or pertaining to a hyperbola, or to the hyperbolic function
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.
- adj. Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
- adj. of or relating to a hyperbola
Examples
“But In regards to our dialog and you attaching arguments to me that I did not make while engaging in hyperbolic statements addressed to me, I can.”
“You engaged in hyperbolic vitriol and attempted to turn my stance into one of a patronizing controlling male incapable of comprehending your world view.”
“A relative newcomer named Hakaan Yildirim, who won Paris's prestigious Andam award for young talent, was a victim of boastful handlers who described him in hyperbolic terms he could never live up to.”
The Washington Post: Zac Posen, Hakaan Yildirim among designers outshone in the City of Light
“Where "dictatorship" becomes somewhat less hyperbolic is with regard to the policy-based presidential veto that I have previously railed against.”
“The first, undervaluation of the future, is called hyperbolic discounting.”
Sima Gandhi: Why the Savings From Health Care Reform Are Underappreciated
“The frilly crinolated forms that you see in corals, and kelps, and sponges, and nudibranchs, is a form of geometry known as hyperbolic geometry.”
“The saddle-shaped structure is also known as a hyperbolic paraboloid surface, or an anticlastic surface.”
“It is a sort of social fairy-tale, where every one has exquisite beauty, limitless wealth, and exalted rank, where the impossible and the hyperbolic are the only homely virtues.”
“Dedicated Roarers may recall a hyperbolic shambles posted in November last year claiming big things beckoned for the Wallabies after their crushing defeat of England.”
“They are known as the hyperbolic sine, hyperbolic cosine, hyperbolic tangent, hyperbolic cosecant, hyperbolic secant, and hyperbolic cotangent.”
Lists
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Ezzackly's list
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Writefly's List of Fabulously Underused Terms
So many lovely words out there being forgotten and left in a dark corner. Help us bring them into the light where they belong and use them today before it's too late!
abraxaszugzwang "It should be obvious to even the most dimwitted individual who holds an advanced degree in hyperbolic topology that Homer Simpson has stumbled into the third dimension"
- Professor Frink Jan 21, 2007