Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an asymptotical manner; in a manner so as gradually to approach indefinitely near, though never to meet.
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- adverb analysis In an
asymptotical manner, in the way of anasymptote , toward an asymptote
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- adverb toward an asymptote
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Examples
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More information always reduces confusion, asymptotically approaching an ideal state of zero confusion, but we always have more to learn.
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I would expect that the curve would bend gradually (asymptotically) as we approached the maximum.
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Which is, more or less, the solution being approached asymptotically in the negotiations chronicled in the "Palestine Papers."
Noah Efron: "Palestine Papers" Offer Hope, Not Despair Noah Efron 2011
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There have been so many events, and so many of them depend on when they occur in the time sequence, and so many of them are effectively "random" (i.e. uncorrelated) with respect to each other, that the probability of getting the same outcome with each iteration of the Phanerozoic asymptotically approaches zero.
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Like everyone else said, by its very nature, a measure like this is going to increase asymptotically, not linearly.
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Android will be a bigger factor – Microsoft may be forced to asymptotically approach zero dollar pricing on the OS/Win Mobile …
Netbook News: Rumble in the OS Jungle Comes Down to Price 2009
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Los Angeles 'weather asymptotically achieved Goldilocks Factor for most of the past couple weeks, which must explain why the sky is so balls recently.
Lest You Think Covering E3 Is All Glitz And Glamour SVGL 2009
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How will VCs stay relevant when the cost of launching an Internet business asymptotically approaches "free"?
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I measure both the current and the voltage drop across the diode and discover that I is exponential and V is linear, therefore they are “asymptotically independent”
Idiots Delight EliRabett 2010
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His position on most issues is asymptotically close to Hillary's.
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