İngilizce dilinde "asymptote" tanımı

noun

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

2. (by extension, figuratively) Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.

verb

1. (mathematical analysis) 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.