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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAsymptote
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Asymptote
"Die Kurve nähert sich ihrer Asymptote an."
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A line that continually approaches a given curve but does not meet it at any finite distance.
"The hyperbola approaches its asymptote closely as it extends to infinity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the 17th century from Greek asymptōtos, meaning 'not falling together', from a- ('not') + syn- ('together') + ptōtos ('fallen').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Asymptote" is said worldwide
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asymptote
Transliteration: asymptote
"La courbe s'approche de son asymptote."
Asymptote
Transliteration: Asymptote
"Die Kurve nähert sich ihrer Asymptote an."
asintoto
Transliteration: asintoto
"La curva si avvicina al suo asintoto."
asíntota
Transliteration: asíntota
"La curva se acerca a su asíntota."
assíntota
Transliteration: assíntota
"A curva aproxima-se da sua assíntota."
अनंतp[spri
Transliteration: anantsparshi
Script: अनंतस्पर्शी
"वक्र अपनी अनंतस्पर्शी के निकट पहुंचता है।"
渐近线
Transliteration: jiànjìnxian
"曲线无限接近其渐近线。"
점근선
Transliteration: jeomgeunseon
"곡선은 점근선에 한없이 가까워집니다."
漸近線
Transliteration: zenkinsen
"曲線はその漸近線に限りなく近づく。"
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