1.13.2006

Origin?

We, well I, used such words as parabola, hyperbola, and asymptote today in class. What does the word asymptote come from? What is its origin? :) origin
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3 comments:

hockeyfrog said...

It comes from a Greek word, asumptotos, meaning "not intersecting" :D

8:04 PM
The Math Ninja said...

Well, doesn't that make a lot of sense. Thanks!

8:39 PM
Crunch said...

I thought it was derived from symmetry, but they put the "a" in front of it to mean the opposite.

9:19 PM

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