aðfella
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Icelandic
Etymology
From að- (“towards”) + fella (“something that falls”), compare fella (“to let fall”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aðfella f (genitive singular aðfellu, nominative plural aðfellur)
- (mathematics) asymptote
- Synonym: ósnertill
- regression
- Synonym: aðhvarf
Declension
Declension of aðfella (feminine)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | aðfella | aðfellan | aðfellur | aðfellurnar |
| accusative | aðfellu | aðfelluna | aðfellur | aðfellurnar |
| dative | aðfellu | aðfellunni | aðfellum | aðfellunum |
| genitive | aðfellu | aðfellunnar | aðfella | aðfellanna |
Hyponyms
- (asymptote):
Derived terms
Terms derived from the meaning of asymptote.
- aðfelld hálflína (“asymptotic ray”)
- aðfelld liðun (“asymptotic expansion”)
- aðfelldur (“asymptotic”)
- aðfellu- (“asymptotically”)
- aðfelluátt (“asymptotic direction”)
- aðfelluhringur (“asymptotic circle”)
- aðfellujafn (“asymptotically equal”)
- aðfelluliðun (“asymptotic expansion”)
- aðfellunálgun (“asymptotic approximation”)
- aðfellunormlegur (“asymptotically normal”)
- aðfelluréttur (“asymptotically unbiased”)
- aðfelluröð (“asymptotic series”)
- aðfellusamkvæmni (“asymptotic consistency”)
- aðfelluskilvirkni (“asymptotic efficiency”)
- aðfelluskilvirkni (“asymptotic efficiency”)
- aðfelluskilvirkur (“asymptotically efficient”)
- aðfellustefna (“asymptotic direction”)
- aðfellustöðugur (“asymptotically stable”)
- tvíaðfelldur þríhyrningur (“doubly asymptotic triangle”)
- þríaðfelldur þríhyrningur (“trebly asymptotic triangle”)
Terms derived from the meaning of regression.
- aðfellugreining (“regression analysis”)
- aðfellulína (“regression line”)
- sjálfvirk aðfella (“autoregression”)