"straight line continually approaching but never meeting a curve," 1650s, from Greek asymptotos "not falling together," from a- "not" + syn "with" + ptotos "fallen," verbal adjective from piptein "to fall" (see symptom). Related: Asymptotic.
双语例句
1. A hyperbola approaches but does not meet its asymptote.
双曲线逐渐接近它的渐近线但不相交.
来自辞典例句
2. An asymptote is a line or curve that approaches a given curve arbitrarily closely.
所以渐近线也可能是一条曲线.不过方便起见我们都讨论渐近“线”.
来自互联网
3. He and the design firm Asymptote collaborated on the space. It has already won two awards.
