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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity;
- Example: "the asymptote of the curve"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Asymptote \As"ymp*tote\ (?; 215), n. [Gr. ? not falling together; 'a priv. + ? to fall together; ? with + ? to fall. Cf. Symptom.] (Math.) A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

asymptote n 1: a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity; "the asymptote of the curve"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "asymptote": approach, bottleneck, collision course, concentralization, concentration, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conflux, congress, convergence, converging, crossing, focalization, focus, funnel, hub, meeting, mutual approach, narrowing gap, radius, spokes, tangent