rectangular hyperbola

nounGeometry.

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

Origin of rectangular hyperbola

First recorded in 1880–85

Also called equiangular hyperbola, equilateral hyperbola.

Words Nearby rectangular hyperbola

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How to use rectangular hyperbola in a sentence

Only on the assumption that the social value curve for this totality of commodities is a rectangular hyperbola.
Social Value | B. M. Anderson
The geometry of the rectangular hyperbola is simplified by the fact that its principal axes are equal.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for rectangular hyperbola

rectangular hyperbola

noun

a hyperbola with perpendicular asymptotes

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