"Hyperbolic" means to exaggerate or overstate something in order to make a point or emphasize a specific idea or feeling. It is often used when describing statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally, but rather as a way to express an extreme opinion or opinion strongly.
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How does it appear to the public if «skeptics» keep us a constant drumbeat
of hyperbolic accusations of fraud, incompetence, political bias and elitism and climate scientists respond «Well, no, that's not really true»?
In January, a study by European researchers tied genetically modified corn created by Monsanto to toxicity in the kidney and liver, resulting
in hyperbolic headlines about the danger of GM foods.
Now two astronomers from the Complutense University of Madrid, the brothers Carlos and Raúl de la Fuente Marcos, together with the researcher Sverre J. Aarseth of the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), have analyzed for the first time the nearly 340 objects of the solar system
with hyperbolic orbits (very open V - shaped, not the typical elliptical), and in doing so they have detected that the trajectory of some of them is influenced by the passage of Scholz's star.
While fragile models of
hyperbolic planes had been made by gluing together repeating paper shapes, Taimina realised...
«While the impugned words here are not
as hyperbolic as the words in Vellacott, they similarly lack a sufficient air of credibility to make them believable and therefore potentially defamatory.»
I feel that a lot of the advance hype for Raw — making all sorts of
hyperbolic claims about how extreme and shocking it is — has been a little bit misrepresentative of what kind of film it is.
Going Google in Education: its hard not to use
hyperbolic statements when describing Google Apps for Education.
Exactly why the force - velocity relationship is
not hyperbolic in many multi-joint movements is not entirely clear.
Thankfully, the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy difficulty saga is not one that has been met with such
hyperbolic headlines across the board.
Indeed, some measure of what may seem to be a broad range of tolerance
for hyperbolic language in this context may be taken from the apparent willingness of the appellant to absorb the slings and arrows of the «traitor» and «treason» labels without complaint.
The work of a giant such as Kael is, in these slam - bang
hyperbolic times of Internet - empowered film illiteracy, more important than ever, and so it's somewhat comforting that The Age of Movies, a new collection of her work, has been released at nearly the same time as her first true biography, Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark.
But in all seriousness I'd agree «lockdown» is a bit
hyperbolic language to be using when describing Lonzo's defense.
When she was assigned to teach his class on
hyperbolic geometry at Cornell, where she had an appointment as a visiting professor, she was forced to confront it.
She is now working on a mathematical model to explain why fruit takes
on hyperbolic qualities as it dries.
The notion of «the storm of the century» may have
seemed hyperbolic even 10 years ago, but not now.
But whether Cambridge really discovered some powerful new digital techniques, or whether it was made up of relatively ordinary political consultants with a penchant for
hyperbolic rhetoric, things didn't end well for either Cambridge or SCL — both are shutting down, the Journal reports.
An eccentricity of 1.2 — which classifies its path as an open - ended
hyperbolic orbit — and such a high speed meant it was not bound by the gravity of the Sun.
Even if the charging power is lower (2.5 Watts instead of 15 Watts), it would still be the same
hyperbolic curve that starts linearly.
Before we get
too hyperbolic about Chaweng's nightlife it's best to remember that bars close at 02:00 by order of the police so the party curve zooms upward past midnight and peaks a little earlier than some would prefer.
While this may sound
like hyperbolic praise for a game that also features karaoke rhythm mini-games and a protagonist lusting after bikini - clad cam girls, I can't help but feel that more so than any previous entry, the moments of humour and levity in Yakuza 6 only juxtapose and enhance the bittersweet nature of Kiryu's figurative «riding off into the sunset».
Using the techniques of
hyperbolic crochet, artists have created kelp, anemones, and a rich diversity of corals.
Video - game designers can
use hyperbolic geometry to create lifelike clothing and hair.
While the reviews of Nintendo's new Switch play sets have been overwhelmingly positive, videogamedunkey is a little
less hyperbolic with his take on what really amounts to a bunch of cardboard and some clever software.
When I ask Taimina for examples of
hyperbolic forms in her own life, she points out the window to the backyard.
We've heard about just how much of the film has changed under the new direction, and the word «drastic» isn't at
all hyperbolic in this case.
Precisely because
hyperbolic space expands exponentially, Taimina explains, it requires crocheting rather than knitting.
While the
more hyperbolic euthanasia claims have been refuted, you can still legitimately argue that said that expanding government control of healthcare would put bureaucrats in the position of rationing care.
Focusing on a single statue as the symbol of redemption does little to appease the gnawing feeling that, apart
from hyperbolic German histrionics and sardonic Russian smirks, these men are in a personal conflict without opposition.
It is always disappointing when otherwise excellent pro-life discourses are contaminated
by hyperbolic anti-GM speak, and such sentiments may alienate conscientious biologists — yes, they do exist — who are otherwise sympathetic to the pro-life cause.
Narration was a bit
hyperbolic at times (eg the dramatic emphasis when saying «mega-berg») but it could have been a lot worse.
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hyperbolic functions that students taking AP Calculus through sophomore Linear Algebra and Ordinary Differential Equations are likely to see.
Milton said the idea of field patterns came to him while he was pondering a class of materials
called hyperbolic metamaterials.
Nick builds up the second half of the book with Valerie («The Queen of Facebook Ads» or some similar and silly
hyperbolic title), and then she only explains the basics of Facebook advertising that you can learn from free directly from Facebook!
Those who are aware of who is supposed to have been involved in the affair are using increasingly
hyperbolic terms to describe how it could affect David Cameron's leadership.
The report triggered a
somewhat hyperbolic article about how «artificial intelligence is on its way to, well, killing off lawyers.»
Apparently no hyperbole is too
hyperbolic when describing the scope of the NSA's massive data - vacuuming operation.
In this new era of social media it is easier to gauge a more valid, nevertheless
hyperbolic opinion from a higher proportion of footballing fans, far from your usual crowd in the pub on a Friday night or whichever ex-Liverpool pundit is on the tele.
Indeed, I once publicly criticized Jamie Oliver, otherwise my ally against pink slime, for doing a demonstration on his Food Revolution show in which he doused beef with household ammonia, a stunt I
found hyperbolic and potentially misleading.
Earlier today, The Sun ran with a typically
hyperbolic article claiming the 3DS was causing thousands to suffer «dizziness and headaches», resulting in «record return levels» for Nintendo's brand new portable.
Because of the way light waves move through
hyperbolic metamaterials, they can be used as superlenses to view objects too small to be seen with other microscopy methods.
A tour around the Internet traces most of the cooling references back to a single,
hyperbolic story from Newsweek in April 1975.
The Cabinet Office Minister was doubtless speaking in his usual
hyperbolic way, and in general it's a good thing to have less legislation.
I'm the Editor of Stuff magazine, which means my key talents are
writing hyperbolic cover lines and taking credit for other people's hard work.
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