Part 5490

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

<hw>Hy*per"bo*lize</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To state or represent hyperbolically.</def>

<i>Fotherby.</i>

<h1>Hyperboloid</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy*per"bo*loid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hyperbola</ets> + -<ets>oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>hyperbolo\'8bde</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface.</def>

<cs><col>Hyperboloid of revolution</col>, <cd>an hyperboloid described by an hyperbola revolving about one of its axes. The surface has two separate sheets when the axis of revolution is the transverse axis, but only one when the axis of revolution is the conjugate axis of the hyperbola.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hyperboloid</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy*per"bo*loid</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Having some property that belongs to an hyperboloid or hyperbola.</def>

<h1>Hyperborean</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`per*bo"re*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hyperboreus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ over, beyond + <?/. See <er>Boreas</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Greek Myth.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, <as>as, a <ex>hyperborean</ex> coast or atmosphere</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>hyperborean</b> or frozen sea. <i>C. Butler (1633).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hyperborean</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`per*bo"re*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Greek Myth.)</fld> <def>One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An inhabitant of the most northern regions.</def>

<h1>Hypercarbureted</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`per*car"bu*ret`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Having an excessive proportion of carbonic acid; -- said of bicarbonates or acid carbonates.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hypercarburetted</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Hypercatalectic</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`per*cat`a*lec"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hypercatalecticus</ets>, <ets>hypercatalectus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>hypercatalectique</ets>. See <er>Hyper-</er>, and <er>Catalectic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>Having a syllable or two beyond measure; <as>as, a <ex>hypercatalectic</ex> verse</as>.</def>

<h1>Hyperchloric</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`per*chlo"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Perchloric</er>.</def>

<h1>Hyperchromatism</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`per*chro"ma*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition of having an unusual intensity of color.</def>

<h1>Hypercritic</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`per*crit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hyper-</ets> + <ets>critic</ets>: cf. F. <ets>hypercritique</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor.</def> "<i>Hypercritics</i> in English poetry."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Hypercritic</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`per*crit"ic</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hypercritical.</def>