asíntota
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Etymology edit
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”).
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Noun edit
asíntota f (plural asíntotas)
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Further reading edit
- “asíntota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014