Asymptote vs. Blobfish — What's the Difference?

In analytic geometry, an asymptote () of a curve is a line such that the distance between the curve and the line approaches zero as one or both of the x or y coordinates tends to infinity. In projective geometry and related contexts, an asymptote of a curve is a line which is tangent to the curve at a point at infinity.The word asymptote is derived from the Greek ἀσύμπτωτος (asumptōtos) which means "not falling together", from ἀ priv.

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A line whose distance to a given curve tends to zero. An asymptote may or may not intersect its associated curve.

(analysis) A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely as it goes to infinity. The limit of the curve; its tangent "at infinity".

Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.

(analysis) To approach, but never quite touch, a straight line, as something goes to infinity.

A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance.

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