asymptote

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1. asymptootti

0. Substantiivi

1. asymptootti

1. Verbi

asymptote englanniksi

1. A line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely as it goes to infinity. The limit of the curve; its tangent "at infinity".

2. Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.

3. {{quote-text|en|year=1860|author=Frederic William Farrar|title=An Essay on the Origin of Language|pageurl=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3zYQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA117&dq=%22Language,+in+relation+to+thought,+must+ever+be+regarded+as+an+asymptote.%22&hl=en&ei=e9QrTMnEGpCaOPWDjbMJ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAAv=onepage&q=%22Language%2C%20in%20relation%20to%20thought%2C%20must%20ever%20be%20regarded%20as%20an%20asymptote.%22&f=false|page=117

4. To approach, but never quite touch, a line, as something goes to infinity.

5. 2006: Neil deGrasse Tyson, ''The Perimeter of Ignorance''Neil deGrasse Tyson: Take 2 - Why evolution is true. 25 February 2013

As you become more scientific, yes, the religiosity drops off, but it asymptotes.

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