Asymptotically
of or relating to an .
(of a function) approaching a given value as an expression containing a variable tends to infinity.
(of two functions) so defined that their ratio approaches unity as the independent variable approaches a limit or infinity.
(of a formula) becoming increasingly exact as a variable approaches a limit, usually infinity.
coming into consideration as a variable approaches a limit, usually infinity:
asymptotic property; asymptotic behavior.
historical examples
the theory is not a thing complete from the first, but a thing which grows, as it were asymptotically, towards certainty.
fragments of science, v. 1-2 john tyndall
adjective
of or referring to an asymptote
(of a function, series, formula, etc) approaching a given value or condition, as a variable or an expression containing a variable approaches a limit, usually infinity
adj.
1670s, see asymptote + -ic. related: asymptotical; asymptotically.
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