Where does “双曲線” come from?

双曲線 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 曲線 — curve.

双曲線 (Japanese): a hyperbola

Definitions

  1. a hyperbola

Ancestry of “双曲線”, step by step

双曲線 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 曲線

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese曲線curve

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseset of two, pair
Every word from Japanese 曲線
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