🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

점근선

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jeomgeunseon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Asymptote/ˈæsɪmptoʊt/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"곡선은 점근선에 한없이 가까워집니다."

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As noun
  1. 1

    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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