ASYMPTOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does asymptote mean? 

• ASYMPTOTE (noun)
  The noun ASYMPTOTE has 1 sense:

1. a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity

  Familiarity information: ASYMPTOTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASYMPTOTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Context example:

the asymptote of the curve

Hypernyms ("asymptote" is a kind of...):

straight line (a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature)

Derivation:

asymptotic (relating to or of the nature of an asymptote)