Definitions for asymptote

asymptote as·ymp·tote

Spelling: [as-im-toht]
IPA: /ˈæs ɪmˌtoʊt/

Asymptote is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 469 anagrams from letters in asymptote (aemopstty).

Definitions for asymptote

noun

  1. a straight line approached by a given curve as one of the variables in the equation of the curve approaches infinity.

Origin of asymptote

1650-60; Greek asýmptōtos, equivalent to a- a-6 + sýmptōtos falling together (sym- sym- + ptōtós falling, derivative of ptō-, variant

Examples for asymptote

If these factors are all real and distinct, there is an asymptote corresponding to each factor.

The area of the loop, which equals the area between the curve and its asymptote, is 3a/2.

But after you have demonstrated to him the properties of the hyperbola and its asymptote, the apparent absurdity vanishes.

The curve is symmetrical about the axis of y and has the axis of x for its asymptote.

Even so there are asymptote figures in geometry where an infinite length makes only a finite progress in breadth.

asymptote, a line always approaching some curve but never meeting it.

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