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Noun Concept
Categories: Mathematical analysis, Analytic geometry
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asymptote  Asintope  Assymptote  Asymptot  asymptotes
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A straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity WordNet 3.0
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A straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In analytic geometry, an asymptote of a curve is a line such that the distance between the curve and the line approaches zero as one or both of the x or y coordinates tends to infinity. Wikipedia
Line that a curve approaches as the independent variable tends to some value. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Regarding a curve, a line such that the distance between the curve and the line approaches 0 as x→∞ or y→∞ Wikidata
A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely, but never reaches, as they go to infinity. OmegaWiki
A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely, as they go to infinity. The limit of the curve, its tangent "at infinity". Wiktionary
A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely. Wiktionary (translation)
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The asymptote of the curve WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet