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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. asymptotes: Merriam-Webster
  2. asymptotes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. asymptotes: Vocabulary.com
  4. asymptotes: Wordnik
  5. asymptotes: Wiktionary
  6. Asymptotes: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. asymptotes: Dictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Asymptotes: Encyclopedia

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  1. Asymptotes: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (asymptote)

noun:  (mathematical analysis) A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely as it goes to infinity. The limit of the curve; its tangent "at infinity".
noun:  (by extension, figuratively) Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.
verb:  (mathematical analysis) To approach, but never quite touch, a straight line, as something goes to infinity.
▸ Also see asymptote


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