Asymptote

/ˈæsɪmptəʊ̯t/

Synonyms for "asymptote" (31 found)

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Closest matches (7)

approachbottleneckcollision course
Noun(4 words)
approachapproaching lineapproximateasymptotic line

Strong matches (9)

Related words (15)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

5 entries
asymptotic relationgeometric objectlimit behaviorlinestraight line

More specific

5 entries
asymptotic equalityasymptotic equivalencehorizontal asymptoteoblique asymptotevertical asymptote

Collocations

7 entries
asymptote to zeroasymptotic analysisasymptotic behaviorhorizontal asymptoteoblique asymptoteslant asymptotevertical asymptote

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The exponential function has a horizontal asymptote.

Source: tatoeba (5141154)

The King rushed forward with all his cruel coordinates and mean values, stumbled into a dark forest of roots and logarithms, had to backtrack, then encountered the beast on a field of irrational numbers (F₁) and smote it so grievously that it fell two decimal places and lost an epsilon, but the beast slid around an asymptote and hid in an n-dimensional orthogonal phase space, underwent expansion and came out, fuming factorially, and fell upon the King and hurt him passing sore.

Source: wiktionary

Language, in relation to thought, must ever be regarded as an asymptote.

Source: wiktionary

2006: Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Perimeter of Ignorance As you become more scientific, yes, the religiosity drops off, but it asymptotes.

Source: wiktionary

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