redundant hyperbola
now rare
noun
A hyperbola having three infinite branches.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in John Harris (c1666–1719), writer and lecturer on science. After post-classical Latin hyperbola reduntans (Newton Opticks ii. 145).
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