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Word of the Day Tuesday, June 9, 2026

asymptote

/æsˈɪmp.tət/ noun · British & US
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What does asymptote mean?

noun

A line or curve that a function or curve approaches but never touches as the input or independent variable gets arbitrarily close to a certain point. In geometry, an asymptote of a curve is a line such that the distance between the curve and the line approaches zero as the distance along the curve from a point on the curve to a limit point approaches infinity.

Example

"The graph of the function has a horizontal asymptote at y = 2."

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