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HYPER'BATON

HYPER'BOLA, n. [Gr. over, beyond, and to throw.]

In conic sections and geometry, a curve formed by cutting a cone in a direction parallel to its axis.

A section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes.

The latter definition is the most correct.

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