hyperbolic function: Meaning and Definition of

hy'perbol'ic func'tion

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— Math. Math.
  1. a function of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances from a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes, as hyperbolic sine or hyperbolic cosine: often expressed as combinations of exponential functions.
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