See Also: wounding(1)(dictionary)
wounding(2)(dictionary)
asymptote(medicine)
asymptote(dictionary)
asymptote(encyclopedia)

wounding(2) (iou) and asymptote (iou)


wounding(2) (iou)



wounding noun. LME.
[from WOUND verb1 + -ING1.]
The action of WOUND verb1; an instance of this; the fact of being wounded. LME.
A wound or injury to a person. L16.

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.