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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

approach, bottleneck, collision course, concentralization, concentration, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conflux, congress, convergence, converging, crossing, focalization, focus, funnel, hub, meeting, mutual approach, narrowing gap, radius, spokes, tangent

Dictionary Results for asymptote:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

asymptote
    n 1: a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can
         be considered as tangent at infinity; "the asymptote of the
         curve"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Asymptote \As"ymp*tote\ (?; 215), n. [Gr. ? not falling
   together; 'a priv. + ? to fall together; ? with + ? to fall.
   Cf. Symptom.] (Math.)
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

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