asymptotic

Variant of asymptote

asymptote definition

asymp·tote (as′im tōt′, -imp-)

noun

Math. a straight line always approaching but never meeting a curve; tangent to a curve at infinity

Etymology: ModL asymptota < Gr asymptōtos < a-, not + symptōtos, self-intersecting < syn-, together + piptein, to fall: see feather

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