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hyperbolic | myopic |

As adjectives the difference between hyperbolic and myopic

is that hyperbolic is of or relating to hyperbole or hyperbolic can be of or pertaining to a hyperbola while myopic is nearsighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.

As a noun myopic is

a short-sighted individual.

hyperbolic

English

Alternative forms

* hyperbolick (obsolete)

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of or relating to hyperbole
  • using hyperbole: exaggerated
    • This hyperbolical epitaph. — Fuller.
  • * {{quote-news
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    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
  • * 1988 , R. F. Leftwich, "Wide-Band Radiation Thermometers", chapter 7 of, David P. DeWitt and Gene D. Nutter, editors, Theory and Practice of Radiation Thermometry , ISBN 0471610186, page 512 [http://books.google.com/books?id=SZ6Ldatd7OAC&pg=PA512&dq=hyperbolic]:
    • In this configuration the on-axis image is produced at the real hyperbolic focus (fs2) but off-axis performance suffers.
    • The hyperbolic cosine of zero is one.
  • (mathematics, of a, metric space, or, a geometry) Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
  • * 1998', Katsuhiko Matsuzaki and Masahiko Taniguchi, '''''Hyperbolic Manifolds and Kleinian Groups , 2002 reprint, , ISBN 0198500629, page 8, proposition 0.10 [http://books.google.com/books?id=DLAGEBfEgEUC&pg=PA8&dq=hyperbolic]:
    • There is a universal constant m_0>0 such that every hyperbolic' surface R has an embedded ' hyperbolic disk with radius greater than m_0.
  • (geometry, topology, of an automorphism) Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
  • * 2001 , A. F. Beardon, "The Geometry of Riemann Surfaces", in, E. Bujalance, A. F. Costa and E. Martínez, editors, Topics on Riemann Surfaces and Fuchsian Groups , , ISBN 0521003504, page 6 [http://books.google.com/books?id=RjbQdcP7DgwC&pg=PA6&dq=hyperbolic]:
    • A hyperbolic isometry f has two (distinct) fixed points on \partial\mathcal H.
  • (topology) Of, pertaining to or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).
  • * 2001 , A. F. Beardon, "The Geometry of Riemann Surfaces", in, E. Bujalance, A. F. Costa and E. Martínez, editors, Topics on Riemann Surfaces and Fuchsian Groups , , ISBN 0521003504, page 6 [http://books.google.com/books?id=RjbQdcP7DgwC&pg=PA6&dq=hyperbolic]:
    • Exactly one hypercycle is a hyperbolic geodesic, and this is called the axis A_f of f.
    Derived terms
    * * hyperbolic algebra * hyperbolic angle * hyperbolic automorphism * hyperbolic coordinate * hyperbolic cosecant * hyperbolic cosine * hyperbolic cosine integral * hyperbolic cotangent * hyperbolic cube * hyperbolic cylinder * hyperbolic differential equation * hyperbolic discounting * hyperbolic disk * hyperbolic dodecahedron * hyperbolic fixed point * hyperbolic function * hyperbolic geometry * hyperbolic group * hyperbolic growth * hyperbolic helicoid * hyperbolic icosahedron * hyperbolic inverse function * hyperbolic lemniscate function * hyperbolic link * hyperbolic map * hyperbolic metric * hyperbolic motion * hyperbolic navigation system * hyperbolic octahedron * hyperbolic-orthogonal * hyperbolic orbit * hyperbolic paraboloid * hyperbolic partial differential equation * hyperbolic plane * hyperbolic point * hyperbolic polar sine * hyperbolic polyhedron * hyperbolic polynomial * hyperbolic quaternion * hyperbolic rotation * hyperbolic secant * hyperbolic secant distribution * hyperbolic sector * hyperbolic set * hyperbolic sine * hyperbolic sine integral * hyperbolic small dodecahedral honeycomb * hyperbolic space * hyperbolic tangent * hyperbolic tetrahedron * hyperbolic time chamber * hyperbolic trajectory * hyperbolic triangle * hyperbolic umbilic catastrophe * hyperboloid * quasihyperbolic * subhyperbolic * superhyperbolic

    myopic

    English

    (Myopia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • nearsighted; unable to see distant objects unaided
    • Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.
    A stronger prescription for myopic night drivers is often needed.
  • shortsighted; improvident
  • narrow minded

    • Synonyms

    * short-sighted * near-sighted

    Antonyms

    * hyperopic

    Related terms

    * myopia

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short-sighted individual.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 23, author=Polly Morrice, title=Descended From Salinger, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The offbeat little girls of “Playdate,” whose mothers stumble through parenthood, are not the first characters to feel like cultural descendants of Salinger’s children, those savants, myopics , guileless nose pickers and practicing belchers who seem to glow on the page, highlighting the shallowness of the adults. }}

    See also

    * presbyopic