asymptote

noun · verbB2

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noun

Plural noun:

asymptotes

1.
(mathematical analysis) A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely as it goes to infinity. The limit of the curve; its tangent "at infinity".
2.
(broadly, figuratively)(by extension, figuratively) Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.

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verb

V_es/s

asymptotes

V_ing/Gerund

asymptoting

V_ed/pp

asymptoted

1.
(mathematical analysis) To approach, but never quite touch, a straight line, as something goes to infinity.
2006: Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Perimeter of Ignorance As you become more scientific, yes, the religiosity drops off, but it asymptotes.

Nguồn gốc từ

1650, from Ancient Greek ἀσύμπτωτη, the feminine of Apollonius Pergaeus' (200 BC) Ancient Greek adjective ἀσύμπτωτος (not falling together), from ἀ- + συν- + πτωτός. See also a-#Etymology_5, syn-, -ote.