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asymptote
[ as-im-toht ]
noun
Mathematics.
- a straight line approached by a given curve as one of the variables in the equation of the curve approaches infinity.
asymptote
/ ˈæɪˌəʊ /
noun
- a straight line that is closely approached by a plane curve so that the perpendicular distance between them decreases to zero as the distance from the origin increases to infinity
asymptote
/ ă′ĭ-ō′ /
- A line whose distance to a given curve tends to zero. An asymptote may or may not intersect its associated curve.
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of asymptote1
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of asymptote1
C17: from Greek ܳōٴDz not falling together, from a- 1+ syn- + ōٴDz inclined to fall, from piptein to fall
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Hynes’s genius is the way he keeps the anxiety fueled by 9/11 in the margins until the story finally hurtles us down the asymptote of terror.
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The important question is the value of the effort, and whether it leaves us separated by an asymptote or a chasm.
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His Funkle Asymptote is defined as an asymptote that has transcendental slope.
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It’s like an asymptote, moving toward but never arriving at the point of convergence.
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The curve tends toward positive or negative infinity, always approaching the asymptote but never reaching it.
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