"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.
雙語例句
1. A hyperbola approaches but does not meet its asymptote.
雙曲線逐漸接近它的漸近線但不相交.
來自辭典例句
2. An asymptote is a line or curve that approaches a given curve arbitrarily closely.
所以漸近線也可能是一條曲線.不過方便起見我們都討論漸近“線”.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. He and the design firm Asymptote collaborated on the space. It has already won two awards.