noun Download 🔗Share A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely, as they go to infinity. The limit of the curve, its tangent "at infinity". Examples : "As a student learning about graphs, Sarah realized the curve on her homework question got closer and closer to the x-axis but never touched it, making the x-axis an asymptote of the curve. " math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) Anything which comes near to but never meets something else. Examples : "Her attempts to perfectly please her demanding boss were like an asymptote; she got closer and closer to approval, but never quite achieved it. " math figure science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To approach, but never quite touch, a straight line, as something goes to infinity. Examples : "As a student studies harder and harder, their test scores might asymptote towards a perfect grade, but they may never actually reach 100%. " math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading