asíntota

Spanish

Etymology

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/ [aˈsĩn̪.t̪o.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -intota
  • Syllabification: a‧sín‧to‧ta

Noun

asíntota f (plural asíntotas)

  1. (geometry) asymptote

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