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hyperbola

[hahy-pur-buh-luh] / haɪˈpɜr bə lə /


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If eccentricity is greater than 1, it is a hyperbola.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

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

We will see that the equation of a hyperbola looks the same as the equation of an ellipse, except it is a difference rather than a sum.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

The a, b values in the equation also help us find the asymptotes of the hyperbola.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

The axis which contains the foci is called the principal axis; in case of an hyperbola it is the axis which cuts the curve, because the foci lie within the conic.

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




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