双曲线

Traditional form:

雙曲線

Pinyin (reading):

shuāngqūxiàn

Definitions:

• hyperbola

Characters:

• 双 - pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 线 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail

Traditional characters:

• 雙 - pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs
• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 線 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail