ASYMPTOTE

PRONUNCIATION: (AS-im-toht)

MEANING: noun:
1. Something or someone that gets closer and closer but never touches.
2. A straight line whose distance to a curve approaches zero as the curve approaches infinity.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek asymptotos (not falling together), from a- (not) + syn (with) + ptotos (falling), from piptein (to fall). Earliest documented use: 1656.
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ASYMPTONE - what a symp sounds like (see also ASYMPNOTE)

A SYMPH TOTE - a souvenir gift for donating to your local orchestra

EASY M.P. TOTE - a simple way to carry Military Police