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hyperbolism|haɪˈpɜːbəlɪz(ə)m|
1. Rhet. [f. hyperbole + -ism; cf. F. hyperbolisme.] Use of or addiction to hyperbole; exaggerated style, or an instance of this.
1653H. More Antid. Ath. Ep. Ded. (1712) 2 Nor is there anything here of Hyperbolism or high-flown Language. a1806Horsley Serm. i. v. (1811) 69 With all the allowances that can be made for the hyperbolisms of the oriental style. 1879D. J. Hill Bryant 83 The mock-sentimental hyperbolism that has made Mark Twain's books so popular.
2. Geom. [ad. mod.L. hyperbolismus (Newton), f. hyperbola.] A curve whose equation is derived from that of another curve by substituting xy for y, as that of the hyperbola is from that of the straight line.
[1704Newton Lin. Tertii Ordinis iv. §9 Hyperbolismus Hyperbolæ tres habet Asymptotos.] 1861Talbot tr. Newton's Lines 3rd Order 21 Of the four Hyperbolisms of the Hyperbola. Whenever..both the terms ax3 and bx3 are deficient, the curve will be a hyperbolism of some conic section. Ibid. 23 A hyperbolism of the parabola is expressed by the equation xy2 + ey = d, and has two asymptotes. 1873G. Salmon Higher Plane Curves (ed. 2) 175 If y = ϕ(x) be the equation of any curve, Newton calls the curve xy = ϕ(x) a hyperbolism of that curve. |