hyperbola

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A hyperbola is all points in a plane where the difference of their distances from two fixed points is constant.

From Textbooks • Sep. 23, 2020

While the equations of an ellipse and a hyperbola are very similar, their graphs are very different.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

There are four conics—the circle, parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.

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Since the y2 - term is positive, the hyperbola opens up and down.

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This gives— An ellipse as well as an hyperbola has one pair of axes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various