Geometric definitions of hyperbolic functions

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I've learned in school that all the trigonometric functions can be constructed geometrically in terms of a unit circle:

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Can the hyperbolic functions be constructed geometrically as well? I know that $\sinh$ and $\cosh$ can be constructed based on the area between a ray through the origin and the unit hyperbola, but what about $\tanh$, $\mathrm{csch}$, $\mathrm{sech}$ and $\coth$?

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