🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

fonction hyperbolique

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fɔ̃k.sjɔ̃ i.pɛʁ.bɔ.lik

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hyperbolic function/ˌhaɪ.pəˈbɒl.ɪk ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Les fonctions hyperboliques sont utiles en mathématiques appliquées."

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As noun
  1. 1

    Any of several functions (such as hyperbolic sine, hyperbolic cosine, and hyperbolic tangent) that are analogs of ordinary trigonometric functions but defined in terms of the hyperbola rather than the circle.

    "Hyperbolic functions frequently appear in the solutions of linear differential equations."
  2. 2

    A mathematical expression used extensively in complex analysis, physics, and engineering to describe phenomena such as wave propagation and relativity.

    "The catenary curve assumed by a hanging cable is mathematically described using the hyperbolic cosine function."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from hyperbolic, based on the hyperbola, combined with function. The term hyperbolic was coined because these mathematical functions are related to the coordinates of a hyperbola in the same way that trigonometric functions are related to a circle.

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