What is the graph of a hyperbola where the two cones are split through the middle?

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So If you have two cones stacked on top of each other like you see in a normal conic section, and the cones are split perfectly in two (1/2 of the diameter of the cone's base), how would you graph the hyperbola? For a normal hyperbola you would have the cones split in a way that the two parts of the hyperbola can't touch each other, but what if they went through the central point?

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The result is a "degenerate" hyperbola consisting of crossed lines. See Wikipedia's "Degenerate conic" entry.

BTW, the cones need not be "split through the middle"; this degeneracy only requires that the cutting plane pass through the common vertex of the cones.