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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin asymptōta (līnea) (literally “line not meeting”), from Ancient Greek ἀσύμπτωτος (asúmptōtos, “not falling together”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σύν (sún, “together”) + πτωτός (ptōtós, “apt to fall, fallen”), from πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈsintota/
- Rhymes: -intota
- Syllabification: a‧sín‧to‧ta
Noun
asíntota f (plural asíntotas)
- (geometry) asymptote
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