hyperbaton

(hi-pér’ba-ton), n.; pl. hyperbata (ta). [L., ¢ Gr. drepBardc, transposed, verbal adj. of imepBaivery, step over, hyperbola conic rbola,a hyperbola proper, defined under def. 1, above.— Conjugate hyperbolas, two hyperbolas having common asymptotes, the transverse axis of either being the conjugate axis of the other.—Cubical hyperbola. See cubical.— Deficient or defective hyperbola. See deficient.—Equilateral hyperbola, a hyperbola whose asymptotes are at right angles to one another, and whose axes are consequently equal.—Focal hyperbola. See focal.—Infinite hyperbola, a hyperbola in the Newton i an sense. See def. 2, above.—Inscribed hyperbola, a hyperbola which does not cro its asymptotes.— Logarithmic hyperbola, the section of a right cylinder having a hyperbola as its base by a paraboloid. This name was given by Booth in 1851.—Nodated hyperbola. See nodated.— Obtuse hyperbola, a hyperbola which lies in the obtuse angle between its asymptotes.— Pitch hyperbola, a hyperbola the inverse squares of whose diameters are proportional to the pitch of the parallel generators of the cylindroid whose generators are the po ible screws of arigid body having two degrees of freedom.