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Geometric Terminology in Structural Design

A structural engineer is analyzing the blueprints for a cooling tower with a hyperbolic cross-section. The engineer notes that the graph of this cross-section consists of two separate, mirror-image curves that are disconnected from each other. What is the specific geometric term for each of these two individual pieces?

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