漸ぜん近きん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

asymptote

Mathematical term for a line that a curve approaches arbitrarily closely. Used in technical contexts.

• この曲きょく線せんの漸ぜん近きん線せんを求もとめなさい。

  Find the asymptote of this curve.

• 関かん数すうのグラフはx軸じくに漸ぜん近きんする。

  The graph of the function approaches the x-axis asymptotically.