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As a noun asymptote is

asymptote (a straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely).

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asymptote

English

(wikipedia asymptote)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (analysis) A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely, as they go to infinity. The limit of the curve, its tangent "at infinity".
  • (by extension, figuratively) Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.
  • * 1860 : Frederic William Farrar, An Essay on the Origin of Language , page 117
    • Language, in relation to thought, must ever be regarded as an asymptote .

    Derived terms

    * asymptotic * asymptotics * asymptotical * asymptotically

    Verb

  • (analysis) To approach, but never quite touch, a straight line, as something goes to infinity.
  • * 2006 : Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Perimeter of Ignorance Neil deGrasse Tyson: Take 2 - Why evolution is true. 25 February 2013
    • As you become more scientific, yes, the religiosity drops off, but it asymptotes .

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