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Definition of: asymptote
(as′im·tōt) noun Math.
A straight line which an indefinitely extended curve continually approaches as a limit. [<Gk. asymptōtos not falling together <a- not + syn- together + pip-tein fall]
—as′ymp·tot′ic (-tot′·ik) or ·i·cal adjective
—as′ymp·tot′i·cal·ly adverb
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