asymptote

n. 渐近线 [电] 渐近线

发音

UK /ˈæsɪmptəʊ̯t/
UK /ˈæsɪmtəʊ̯t/
UK /ˈæsɪmtɒt/
CA /ˈæsɪmptoʊ̯t/
US /ˈæsɪmptoʊ̯t/
CA /ˈæsɪmtoʊ̯t/
US /ˈæsɪmtoʊ̯t/
CA /ˈeɪ̯sɪmtoʊ̯t/
US /ˈeɪ̯sɪmtoʊ̯t/

词形变化

asymptotes 复数 asymptotes asymptoted asymptotes 三单 asymptoting asymptoting 现在分词 asymptoted 过去式 asymptoted 过去分词

别名

asymtope

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    数学
  2. 2.

    Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.

    比喻 引申义
v.
  1. 1.

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

    数学

    2006: Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Perimeter of Ignorance As you become more scientific, yes, the religiosity drops off, but it asymptotes.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

straight line

词源

circa 1650, from Ancient Greek ἀσύμπτωτη (asúmptōtē), the feminine of Apollonius Pergaeus' (circa 200 BC) Ancient Greek adjective ἀσύμπτωτος (asúmptōtos, “not falling together”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + συν- (sun-, “together”) + πτωτός (ptōtós, “fallen”).

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