asíntota

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Derived terms

• asintótico

 

Further reading

• “asíntota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16