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Definition :

A curve formed by a section of a cone when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points called foci is equal to a given distance See Focus If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone another curve will be formed which is also an hyperbola Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola See Illust of Conic section and Focus