hyperbola
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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
The two points where the transverse axis intersects the hyperbola are each a vertex of the hyperbola.
From Textbooks • May 6, 2020
The rectangle and asymptotes are not part of the hyperbola, but they help us graph the hyperbola.
From Textbooks • May 6, 2020
Martiis 1625,” suggests improvements in the Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, and gives the following construction: Draw a line CBADC, and let an ellipse, a parabola, and a hyperbola have B and A for focus and vertex.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
Vocabulary lists containing hyperbola
The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1
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Geometry - High School
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Geometry (Base List)
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