The asymptote of the curve. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Aside: A Google search for weirdness asymptote puts me at #2. From Wordnik.com. [dustbury.com » Quantity is McJob 1] Reference
Front page wood can't afford to find an asymptote to news as big as this. From Wordnik.com. [Wood War! Who Wins Today's Grabby Tabloid Battle For Your Eyeballs?] Reference
Perhaps it might help to return to Mitchell's initial image of the asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Formalist, or W.J.T. Mitchell as Romantic Dinosaur] Reference
I think the trend is more likely to be an asymptote rather than a transition. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: June 2006 Archives] Reference
Obama's curve hits the vertical asymptote well before the Ohio and Texas primaries. From Wordnik.com. [Pollster.com: For First Time, Obama Leading Hillary In National Polling Average] Reference
Our increasing power inflects upwards ever more rapidly - approaching its asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Millennia Ago a Seed Was Planted] Reference
Buchannan, at least, I think he can't displace; the man was practically an asymptote. From Wordnik.com. ["Edge Of Darkness" (2010)] Reference
"What part of an inverse tangent function approaching an asymptote don't you understand?". From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 1)] Reference
Finally, the S-shaped curve reaches its asymptote, and the diffusion process is finished. From Wordnik.com. [Diffusion of Innovations] Reference
Oh wait, by having an input value at which the slope of the exponential exceeds that of the asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Change Myths & Responses « Lean Left] Reference
Finally, foo write condescendingly, of course efficiency is an asymptote to reach, not a toggle switch. From Wordnik.com. [Business, Law, Economics & Society] Reference
Some parts are almost right, as if CORRECT were an asymptote the article approaches but never quite reaches. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
Hm, now however could it make sense for an exponentional function to dominate a function with a linear asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Change Myths & Responses « Lean Left] Reference
Like a curve forever approaching its asymptote but never touching it, I could potentially add to the list forever. From Wordnik.com. [Assholes Finish First] Reference
Rick - mathematicians call that the asymptote, where a function approaches a particular value but never reaches it. From Wordnik.com. [The Heaven Tree] Reference
With cool head and tranquil judgement, imperturbably unconscious of the flight, they oscillated from asymptote to asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
To-day is but the asymptote of to-morrow, that curve perpetually drawing near, but never reaching the straight line flying into infinity. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
For Jameson the asymptote stressed the role of the symbolic, the necessity of representation, and, consequently, of a Marxist hermeneutic. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Formalist, or W.J.T. Mitchell as Romantic Dinosaur] Reference
The Perfection Point is the asymptote on the graph. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The horizontal asymptote is the value of y as x approaches. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
The horizontal asymptote is the value of y as x approaches. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
I need another data point or two before I call it an asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
I need help calculating the horizontal asymptote of the equation. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Describe the behavior of the function near its vertical asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
G (x, y (x)) can rise to a peak and then decline toward a non-zero asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
G (x, y (x)) with y (x) = x / a approaches a nonzero asymptote for large values of. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Where would the first asymptote be on the tan function to the right of the x-axis?. From Wordnik.com. [LearnHub Activities] Reference
But Meehl and his colleagues did not find the number of records approaching an asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Use limits to describe the behavior of the rational function near the indicated asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Reading the third volume of Nightschool reminded me of geometry, particularly the asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [Mania News Feed] Reference
A horizontal asymptote can potentially be found by finding the limit of the function as the value approaches. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
In terms of the reserve gowth issue, this has the same uncertainty in knowing when you have reached an asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [Energy Bulletin -] Reference
An asymptote is a curve that approaches a line, closer and closer, but never touching, as they head towards infinity. From Wordnik.com. [Mania News Feed] Reference
If it approaches a non-zero level, this does not necessarily need to occur via a monotonic approach to the asymptote. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
And I wondered if you had an idea, do we get an asymptote to the level of subcons in the mix for sales going into next year. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Of course efficiency is an asymptote to reach, not a toggle switch. From Wordnik.com. [Business, Law, Economics & Society] Reference
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