hyperbola
/haɪˈpɜːrbələ/
noun
- A type of curve on a graph, formed when a plane cuts through two opposite parts of a cone. It looks like two separate, mirror-image curves that open away from each other.
- The path of a comet passing close to the sun can sometimes be a hyperbola rather than an ellipse.
- The architect used the shape of a hyperbola in the design of the building's arched roof.
- In math class, we learned how to draw a hyperbola by plotting points on a coordinate plane.