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asymptote (iou)



asymptote noun. M17.
[mod. Latin asymptota (sc. linea line) from Greek asumptotos adjective (also used as noun), from A-10 + sun- SYN- + ptotos apt to fall.]
Math. A straight line which is continually approached by a given curve but does not meet it within a finite distance.
asymptotic adjective of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an asymptote; pertaining to the behaviour of a function when its argument takes large values: L17.
asymp'totical adjective E18.
asymp'totically adverb in the manner of an asymptote L17.