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asymptotic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌæsɪm(p)ˈtɒtɪk/ (UK)
  • /ˌæsəm(p)ˈtɔtɪk/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌæsəm(p)ˈtɑtɪk/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree English asymptote Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English asymptotic From asymptote + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity.
    • More recently, a direction of research initiated by Macpherson and Steinhorn [28] and continued by Elwes [13, 14] and Ryten studies classes of finite structures in which definable sets have a uniform asymptotic behaviour, as the cardinalities of the universes increase. 2011, Vera Koponen, "Some connections between finite; infinite model theory", Finite and Algorithmic Model Theory, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 110:
    • F. Skof investigated an interesting asymptotic property of the additive functions (see Theorem 2.34). In fact, she proved that a function f : E₁ → E₂ is additive if and only if ‖f(x + y) − f(x) − f(y)‖ → 0 as ‖x‖ + ‖y‖ → ∞, where E₁ is a normed space and E₂ is a Banach space. 2011, Soon-Mo Jung, Hyers–Ulam–Rassias Stability of Functional Equations in Nonlinear Analysis, Springer, →ISBN, page 130:
  2. (not-comparable) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity.
    • Because for some transwomen, femininity can feel asymptotic — the closer you get, the more you feel you can never make it. 2016 March 11, Jennifer Coates, “I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out.”, in Medium:
    • The asymptotic behavior of a function

Deriveds

asymptotic curve · preasymptotic · asymptotic analysis · asymptotically · asymptotic freedom · nonasymptotic · asymptotic stability · asymptotics · asymptotic giant branch · asymptotic throughput

Synonyms

asymptotical

Translations (19)

it asintotico (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · pl asymptotyczny (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · ca asimptòtic (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · es asintótico (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · de asymptotisch (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · ru асимптоти́ческий (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · sv asymptotisk (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · ro asimptotic (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · grc ἀσύμπτωτος (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · hu aszimptotikus (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · ar مُقَارِب (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · pt assintótico (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · cy asymptotig (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · cs asymptotický (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · ja 漸近 (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · fr asymptotique (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · el ασύμπτωτος (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · kk асимптотикалық (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity) · fi asymptoottinen (pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity)