hyperbola

type of smooth curve that is lying in a plane, a type of conic section
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hyperbola

Summary

hyperbola ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,054 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hyperbola is a type of non-degenerate conic section[2].
  • hyperbola is a type of sinusoidal spiral[3].
  • hyperbola is a type of conic section[4].
  • hyperbola is part of conic section[5].
  • hyperbola's Commons category is recorded as Hyperbolas[6].
  • hyperbola's described at URL is recorded as https://courses.lumenlearning.com/waymakercollegealgebra/chapter/equations-of-hyperbolas/[7].
  • hyperbola's described at URL is recorded as https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_intermediate-algebra/s11-04-hyperbolas.html[8].
  • hyperbola's described at URL is recorded as https://www.cuemath.com/geometry/hyperbola/[9].
  • hyperbola's described at URL is recorded as https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Algebra/College_Algebra_1e_(OpenStax)/08%3A_Analytic_Geometry/8.03%3A_The_Hyperbola[10].
  • hyperbola's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • hyperbola's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • hyperbola's described by source is recorded as Hyperbola[13].
  • hyperbola's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • hyperbola's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[15].
  • hyperbola's has characteristic is recorded as eccentricity[16].
  • hyperbola's different from is recorded as equilateral hyperbola[17].
  • hyperbola's different from is recorded as hyperbole[18].
  • hyperbola's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
  • hyperbola's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[20].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include non-degenerate conic section[2], sinusoidal spiral[3], and conic section[4].

Use and Application

hyperbola is part of conic section[5].

Why It Matters

hyperbola ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,054 views/month).[1] hyperbola has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] hyperbola is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of conic section
    Different from equilateral hyperbola, hyperbole
    Aliases
    Subclass of non-degenerate conic section, sinusoidal spiral, conic section
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