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

3 comments:

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

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

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

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