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单词 asymptote
释义 as·ymp·tote
\ˈasə̇m(p)ˌtōt, usu -ōd.+-V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from (assumed) New Latin asymptotus, from Greek asymptōtos, from asymptōtos not meeting, from a- a- (II) + symptōtos, verbal of sympiptein to meet, fall together — more at symptom
mathematics : a straight line associated with a curve such that as a point P moves out along an infinite branch of the curve the distance from the point P to the line approaches zero and the slope of the curve at P approaches the slope of the line
 < not all curves have asymptotes >
 < the hyperbola has two asymptotes while the parabola has none >
[asymptotes to the hyperbola]
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