hyperbola

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

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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.

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

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

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A body moving in a parabola or hyperbola would recede indefinitely from its centre of motion and never return to it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various