Complete Definition of "asymptote"

English

Noun
asymptote (plural asymptotes)

  1. mathematics A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely, but never reaches, as they go to infinity. The limit of the curve, its tangent "at infinity".

Translations
trans-top|arbitrarily closely approaching line
Dutch: asymptoot m
Finnish: asymptootti
French: #French|asymptote
Ido: asimptoto
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Russian: а�имп�о�а (asimptóta) f
Swedish: asymptot c
Portuguese: assíntota
trans-bottom

Derived terms
asymptotic


French

Noun
asymptote f

##English|asymptote

Category:French nouns

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