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ἀσύμπτωτος

ἀσύμπτωτος, not falling in, full

ἀσύμ-πτωτος, ον,
  • not falling in, full, of face or body, Hp. Hum. 4, Gal. 11.25, al.; not closing, of the edges of a wound, ἀ. χείλη Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.11.10; not liable to collapse, Anon.Lond. 26.50.
    • II not touching, τῇ ψυχῇ Plu. Lib. 7.
      • 2 esp. in Math., of lines or planes which never meet, e. g. parallel straight lines, Hero *Deff. 70; of lines which do not cut a curve, non-secant, ἀ. τῇ τομῇ αἱ ΓΔ, ΓΕ Apollon.Perg. Con. 2.1, cf. 14; ἀσύμπτωτος (sc. γραμμή), ἡ, asymptote, of the hyperbola, ib. 2.3, etc.; of the conchoid, Procl. in Euc. p.366 F.

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