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rectangular hyperbola

noun

, Geometry.
  1. a hyperbola with transverse and conjugate axes equal to each other.


rectangular hyperbola

noun

  1. a hyperbola with perpendicular asymptotes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rectangular hyperbola1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Only on the assumption that the social value curve for this totality of commodities is a rectangular hyperbola.

The geometry of the rectangular hyperbola is simplified by the fact that its principal axes are equal.

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