hyperbola
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But most of the world of commodities is defined by hyperbola- or parabola-shaped curves.
From US News
“You can make a complete set of all four sconic sections: circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola,” the site explains, in step-by-step instructions that could easily swallow your entire weekend.
From New York Times
One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.
From Project Gutenberg
The epithets hyperbolic and parabolic are of course derived from the conic hyperbola and parabola respectively.
From Project Gutenberg
Their under surfaces were of many different designs, and were of as many shapes as it is conceivable could be made of combinations of the circle and hyperbola.
From Project Gutenberg
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