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tag: 0WN5G117YC
kind: concept
name: Hyperbola
msc: [51N20]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbola
    locator: lead section
same_as:
  wikidata: Q165301
  wikipedia: Hyperbola
---

## Summary

A hyperbola is a plane curve with two foci. For each point of the curve, the difference of the distances to the two foci has the same absolute value. It has two branches that are mirror images of each other.