Meaning ofasymptotein English

Noun

1. the limit of a curve; its tangent at infinity
   The graph of the function has a vertical asymptote at x equals zero.
2. something that comes near but never meets another thing
   In mathematics, an asymptote is a line that a curve approaches as it goes to infinity.
3. a line that a curve approaches as it goes to infinity
   The curve has a horizontal asymptote that it approaches as x increases.