asymptote

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely as it goes to infinity. The limit of the curve; its tangent "at infinity".
2. isim Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.

   “Language, in relation to thought, must ever be regarded as an asymptote.”

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

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