HYPER'BATON HYPER'BOLA, noun [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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