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Rareasymptotes
The correct spelling is asymptotes.
How to pronounce asymptotes
noun
Say it like: Asy-mpt-ote-s
The correct spelling is asymptotes. A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely, as they go to infinity. The limit of the curve, its tangent "at infinity".
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Definition
noun
- 1.A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely, as they go to infinity. The limit of the curve, its tangent "at infinity".
- 2.(by extension) Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.
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