English-Thai Dictionary
asymptote
N ความ ไม่มี ที่ สิ้นสุด infinity kwam-mai-mi-ti-sin-sood
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ASYMPTOTE
n.[Gr. priv. with, and to fall; not meeting or coinciding. ] A line which approaches nearer and nearer to some curve, but though infinitely extended, would never meet it. This may be conceived as a tangent to a curve at an infinite distance.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ASYMPTOTE
As "ymp *tote, n. Etym: [Gr. Symptom. ] (Math. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
asymptote
as ymp tote |ˈasəm (p )ˌtōt ˈæsəmptoʊt | ▶noun a line that continually approaches a given curve but does not meet it at any finite distance. DERIVATIVES as ymp tot ic |ˌasəm (p )ˈtätik |adjective, as ymp tot i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin asymptota (linea )‘(line ) not meeting, ’ from Greek asumptōtos ‘not falling together, ’ from a- ‘not ’ + sun ‘together ’ + ptōtos ‘apt to fall ’ (from piptein ‘to fall ’).
Oxford Dictionary
asymptote
asymptote |ˈasɪm (p )təʊt | ▶noun a straight line that continually approaches a given curve but does not meet it at any finite distance. DERIVATIVES asymptotic |ˌasɪm (p )ˈtɒtɪk |adjective, asymptotically |asɪm (p )ˈtɒtɪk (ə )li |adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin asymptota (linea )‘(line ) not meeting ’, from Greek asumptōtos ‘not falling together ’, from a- ‘not ’ + sun ‘together ’ + ptōtos ‘apt to fall ’ (from piptein ‘to fall ’).
Duden Dictionary
Asymptote
Asym p to te , Asymp to te Substantiv, feminin Mathematik , die |Asympt o te |griechisch asýmptōtos, eigentlich = nicht zusammenfallend, zu: a- = nicht, un- und sympiptein, Symptom Gerade, der sich eine ins Unendliche verlaufende Kurve beliebig nähert, ohne sie zu erreichen
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