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noun

asymptote

a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity

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Six example sentences with asymptote, each labelled with its topic.

  • Productivity gains flattened toward an asymptote, rising less each year until the graph looked almost horizontal after 2015.

    Economics

  • Every extra upgrade nudged the character's speed toward an asymptote the developers set so nobody could ever outrun the boss.

    Gaming

  • Market share crept up quarter after quarter but clearly approached an asymptote near sixty percent, which no campaign ever crossed.

    Business

  • The decay curve approaches zero as an asymptote, so a trace of the isotope remains no matter how long you wait.

    Science

  • After three years her mile time crept toward an asymptote, each month shaving a second where it once shaved twenty.

    Fitness

  • Chip clock speeds approached an asymptote near four gigahertz, and engineers turned to adding cores instead.

    Technology

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