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hyperbolic

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) hyperbolic (adjective)
  2. 2) hyperbolic (adjective)
  3. hyperbolic cosecant (noun)
  4. hyperbolic cosine (noun)
  5. hyperbolic cotangent (noun)
  6. hyperbolic function (noun)
  7. hyperbolic geometry (noun)
  8. hyperbolic navigation (noun)
  9. hyperbolic paraboloid (noun)
  10. hyperbolic secant (noun)
  11. hyperbolic sine (noun)
  12. hyperbolic tangent (noun)

1hy·per·bol·ic

adj \ˌhī-pər-ˈbä-lik\

Definition of HYPERBOLIC

: of, relating to, or marked by hyperbole
— hy·per·bol·i·cal·ly \-li-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Variants of HYPERBOLIC

hy·per·bol·ic also hy·per·bol·i·cal \-li-kəl\

First Known Use of HYPERBOLIC

15th century

Other Grammar and Linguistics Terms

ablaut, allusion, anacoluthon, diacritic, gerund, idiom, infinitive, metaphor, semiotics, simile

Rhymes with HYPERBOLIC

alcoholic, anabolic, apostolic, catabolic, diastolic, hypergolic, melancholic, metabolic, painter's colic, parabolic, vitriolic, workaholic

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