| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| (heye-PUR-buh-luh) In geometry, a curve having a single bend, with lines going infinitely far from the bend. | 1 |
| ‡ The path of a comet that enters the solar system and then leaves forever is a hyperbolic curve (half of a hyperbola). | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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