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asymptote
as·ymp·tote [ ássimp tt, ássim tt ] (plural as·ymp·totes)


noun 
Definition:
 
line not touched by curve: a line that draws increasingly nearer to a curve without ever meeting it
[Mid-17th century. Via modern Latin< Greek asumptōtos "not adapted to fall together" < sun- "together" + ptōtos "adapted to fall"]

as·ymp·tot·ic [ àssimp tóttik, àssim tóttik ] adjective
as·ymp·tot·i·cal·ly [ àssimp tóttiklee, àssim tóttiklee ] adverb
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