ἀσύμπτωτος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, not) +‎ συμπτωτός (sumptōtós, falling in), from συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, to fall together).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἀσύμπτωτος (asúmptōtosm or f (neuter ἀσύμπτωτον); second declension

  1. full (of face or body)
  2. not closing (of the edges of a wound)
  3. not liable to collapse
  4. (mathematics) not converging, not secant, asymptotic
  5. (mathematics, nominalized, feminine) asymptote

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: ασύμπτωτος (asýmptotos)
  • Latin: asymptōta (see there for further descendants)

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