asíntota
Spanish
Etymology
From New Latin asymptōta (līnea) (“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, “I fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈsintota/, [aˈsĩn̪t̪ot̪a]
Derived terms
Further reading
- “asíntota” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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