hyperbolic
pronunciation
How to pronounce hyperbolic in British English:
UK [ˌhaɪpəˈbɒlɪk]
How to pronounce hyperbolic in American English:
US [ˌhaɪpərˈbɑlɪk]
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- Adjective:
- enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
- of or relating to a hyperbola
Word Origin
- hyperbolic (adj.)
- 1640s (iperbolical is from early 15c.), from Greek hyperbolikos "extravagant," from hyperbole "extravagance," literally "a throwing beyond" (see hyperbole). Geometric sense is from 1670s. Related: Hyperbolically.
Example
- 1. Hyperbolic geometry describes surfaces that are negatively curved .
- 2. Dad was set up in a nice corporate apartment , he loves to cook , and he 'd be flying home on the weekends , so my hyperbolic scenario wasn 't likely to become a reality .
- 3. Now , says prof series , hyperbolic geometry promises to advance our understanding of the way complex networks such as the internet behave and grow .
- 4. In other words hyperbolic discounters are able to make the rational choice when they 're thinking about the future but as the present gets closer short-term considerations overwhelm their long-term goals .
- 5. Most of the contributors to the new book agree that this peculiar irrationality stems from our relationship to time-in particular from a tendency that economists call " hyperbolic discounting . "