a straight line that approaches but does not touch a curve as one of the variables in the equation of the curve approaches infinity She demonstrated how to find vertical asymptotes.

"straight line continually approaching but never meeting a curve," 1650s, from Greek asymptotos "not falling together," from a- "not" + syn "with" + ptotos &quo [..]

On a graph, a line which is approached by a curve but never reached.

n. 1. in statistics, a hypothetical straight line that a regular curve approaches but never reaches, as it approaches infinity. 2. in psychology, the approach toward a full level of response or cure a [..]

A linear boundary which a graph approaches, but never touches. In the function , both the x-axis and y-axis are asymptotes of the function.

a line that the curve of a function tends towards as the independent variable of the curve approaches some limit (usually infinity) i.e. the distance between the curve and the line approaches zero

The asymptotes of the sigmoidal immunoassay standard curve are the two ends of the curve which plateau on the response axis as the curve approaches infinitely high and infinitely low standard concentrations.

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

a line a graph approaches more and more closely; a tangent at infinity

An asymptote is a straight line that approaches the graph of a function as it tends towards infinity. The function and asymptote will never touch or intersect. A distinction is made between vertical, [..]

Maximal level of responding. Often used in describing rate and level of learning in respondent conditioning in which a brief CS presentation is followed by the US after some fixed, extended time perio [..]

A straight line or curve which a curve of infinite length approaches but never quite reaches.

A line that is considered to be the limit to a curve. As the curve approaches the asymptote, the distance separating the curve and the asymptote continues to decrease, but the curve never actually intersects the asymptote.

A line that approaches a curve but never touches it.