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...he seemed to approach the grave as an hyperbolic curve approaches a line, less directly as he got nearer, till it was doubtful if he would ever reach it at all.

Thomas Hardy
Math, Curves, Lines
Thomas Hardy (2016). “Far from the Madding Crowd: Works of Hardy”, p.66, 谷月社
...he seemed to approach the grave as an hyperbolic curve approaches a line, less directly as he got nearer, till it was doubtful if he would ever reach it at all.