different between hyperbola vs signup

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (huperbol?). Doublet of hyperbole.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: h?pûr'b?l?, IPA^(key): /ha??p?b?l?/

Noun

hyperbola (plural hyperbolas or hyperbolae or hyperbolæ)

1. (geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone.

Usage notes

• Like many terms that start with a non-silent h but have emphasis on their second syllable, some people precede hyperbola with an, others with a.

Derived terms

• hyperbolic

Translations

See also

• circle
• conic section
• ellipse
• parabola
• unit hyperbola

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???p?rbola]
• Rhymes: -ola

Noun

hyperbola f

1. (geometry) hyperbola
2. hyperbole, overstatement

   Synonym: nadsázka

Further reading

• hyperbola in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• hyperbola in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Noun

hyperbola

1. hyperbole (extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device)

Declension

English

Etymology

From sign up.

Noun

signup (plural signups)

1. The act of signing up, as for a commercial service.
   • 2012, Josh Lerner, Scott Stern, The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited (page 258)

     The deal was a critical part of filling loopholes in Microsoft's distribution strategy, ensuring that IE and not Netscape had widespread distribution to new users with new PCs and to existing PC users new to the Internet at the time of ISP signups.

Anagrams

• gins up, pignus, pungis, sing up, spuing