asymptote

asymptote has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance.
• n.. a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity; "the asymptote of the curve"