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<hw>Hy*per"ba*ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ transposed, fr. <?/ to step over; <?/ over + <?/ to step.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; <as>as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed</as>."</def>

<blockquote>With a violent <b>hyperbaton</b> to transpose the text. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hyperbola</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hy*per"bo*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, prop., an overshooting, excess, <it>i. e.</it>, of the angle which the cutting plane makes with the base. See <er>Hyperbole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called <i>foci</i>, is equal to a given distance. See <er>Focus</er>. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See <i>Illust</i>. of <i>Conic section</i>, and <er>Focus</er>.</def>

<h1>Hyperbole</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hy*per"bo*le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr<?/, prop., an overshooting, excess, fr. Gr. <?/ to throw over or beyond; <?/ over + <?/ to throw. See <er>Hyper-</er>, <er>Parable</er>, and cf. <er>Hyperbola</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect.</def>

<blockquote>Our common forms of compliment are almost all of them extravagant <b>hyperboles</b>. <i>Blair.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Somebody has said of the boldest figure in rhetoric, the <b>hyperbole</b>, that it lies without deceiving. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hyperbolic, Hyperbolical</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw><hw>Hy`per*bol"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hy`per*bol"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hyperbolicus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>hyperbolique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; <as>as, an <ex>hyperbolical</ex> expression</as>.</def> "This <i>hyperbolical</i> epitaph."

<i>Fuller.</i>

<cs><col>Hyperbolic functions</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>certain functions which have relations to the hyperbola corresponding to those which sines, cosines, tangents, etc., have to the circle; and hence, called <stype>hyperbolic sines</stype>, <stype>hyperbolic cosines</stype>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Hyperbolic logarithm</col>. <cd>See <er>Logarithm</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hyperbolic spiral</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a spiral curve, the law of which is, that the distance from the pole to the generating point varies inversely as the angle swept over by the radius vector.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Hyperbolically</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`per*bol"ic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>In the form of an hyperbola.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than the truth.</def>

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<h1>Hyperboliform</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`per*bol"i*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hyperbola</ets> + -<ets>form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form, or nearly the form, of an hyperbola.</def>

<h1>Hyperbolism</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy*per"bo*lism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hyperbolisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The use of hyperbole.</def>

<i>Jefferson.</i>

<h1>Hyperbolist</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy*per"bo*list</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who uses hyperboles.</def>

<h1>Hyperbolize</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy*per"bo*lize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hyperbolized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hyperbolizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hyperboliser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To speak or write with exaggeration.</def>

<i>Bp. Montagu.</i>