hyperbolismn.
/hʌɪˈpəːbəlɪz(ə)m/, /hʌɪˈpəːbl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /haɪˈpərbəˌlɪzəm/ 1. Rhetoric. [ < hyperbole n. + -ism suffix; compare French hyperbolisme.] Use of or addiction to hyperbole; exaggerated style, or an instance of this.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > exaggerated style
superlative1597
hyperbolism1653
1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) Ep. Ded. 2 Nor is there anything here of Hyperbolism or high-flown Language.
a1806 S. Horsley Serm. (1811) i. v. 69 With all the allowances that can be made for the hyperbolisms of the oriental style.
1879 D. J. Hill Bryant 83 The mock-sentimental hyperbolism that has made Mark Twain's books so popular.
2. Geometry. [ < modern Latin hyperbolismus (Newton), < hyperbola n.] 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.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > conic section > hyperbola > analogous to
hyperbola1728
hyperbolism1861
1704 I. Newton Enumeratio Linearum in Opticks 154 Hyperbolismus Hyperbolæ tres habet asymptotos.]
1861 C. R. M. Talbot tr. I. Newton Enumerat. 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.
1861 C. R. M. Talbot tr. I. Newton Enumerat. Lines 3rd Order 23 A hyperbolism of the parabola is expressed by the equation xy2 + ey = d, and has two asymptotes.
1873 G. Salmon Treat. Higher Plane Curves (ed. 2) v. 175 If y = ϕ(x) be the equation of any curve, Newton calls the curve xy = ϕ(x) a hyperbolism of that curve.
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