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  1. hyperbolicaladjective

    Hyperbolic

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Hyperbolical, Hyperbolickadjective

    Etymology: hyperbolique, French; from hyperbola.

    Cancellated in the middle with squares, with triangles before, and behind with hyperbolick lines. Nehemiah Grew, Musæum.

    The horny or pellucid coat of the eye riseth up, as a hillock, above the convexity of the white of the eye, and is of an hyperbolical or parabolical figure. John Ray, on the Creation.

    It is parabolical, and probably hyperbolical, and therefore not to be taken in a strict sense. Boyle.

Wikipedia

  1. hyperbolical

    Hyperbole ( (listen); adj. hyperbolic (listen)) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis (literally 'growth'). In poetry and oratory, it emphasizes, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions. As a figure of speech, it is usually not meant to be taken literally.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hyperbolicaladjective

    belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola

  2. Hyperbolicaladjective

    relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; as, an hyperbolical expression

  3. Etymology: [L. hyperbolicus, Gr. "yperboliko`s: cf. F. hyperbolique.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hyperbolical in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hyperbolical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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