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hy⋅per⋅bol⋅ic

  [hahy-per-bol-ik]
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–adjective
1. having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
2. using hyperbole; exaggerating.
3. Mathematics.
a. of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
b. derived from a hyperbola, as a hyperbolic function.
Also, hy⋅per⋅bol⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1640–50; hyperbole or hyperbol(a) + -ic

Related forms:
hy⋅per⋅bol⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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hy·per·bol·ic   (hī'pər-bŏl'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or employing hyperbole.

  2. Mathematics

    1. Of, relating to, or having the form of a hyperbola.

    2. Of or relating to a geometric system in which two or more lines can be drawn through any point in a plane and not intersect a given line in the plane.

    3. Of or relating to a hyperbolic function: hyperbolic cosine.

hy'per·bol'i·cal·ly adv.
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