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Asymptotes
A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely, as they go to infinity. The limit of the curve, its tangent "at infinity".
📖 Definitions of "Asymptotes"
noun
- 1
A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely, as they go to infinity. The limit of the curve, its tangent "at infinity".
- 2
(by extension) Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.
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