Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun asymptote

1 sense of asymptote

Sense 1
asymptote -- (a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity; "the asymptote of the curve")
       => straight line -- (a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature; "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line")