ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASYMPTOTE
From Greek asumptōtos not falling together, from a-1 + syn- + ptōtos inclined to fall, from piptein to fall.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASYMPTOTE»
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asymptote in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
asymptote and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Asymptote: architecture at the interval
In this first volume of their work, Asymptote presents fifteen speculative and experimental works and ten architectural projects, many of which were for prestigious international invited competitions.
Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture, 1995
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Asymptote: An Approach to Decadent Fiction
It considers the Decadent text as a vehicle of change in which an artist ventilates fantasies of aggression and revenge (Mirbeau's Le Journal d'une femme de chambre and Rachilde's La Marquise de Sade) then employs writing as the means by ...
Asymptote expands the boundaries of traditional architectural practice with work that ranges from urban designs to computer-generated environments. This title presents a filmstrip-like unfolding of images and ideas.
Lise Anne Couture, Hani Rashid, 2002
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The Nuclear
Asymptote: On Containing Nuclear Proliferation
The 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference looms large as a key passage which will reveal the direction that the world's leading nations will take on the nuclear proliferation problem.
Roger C. Molander, Peter A. Wilson, 1993
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Fundamentals of Power Electronics
So the low-frequency composite magnitude asymptote is 32 dB . 0 dB . 0 dB = 32
dB, For frequencies hetween 100 Hz and 2 kHz. the G0 gain again comrihutes 32
dB. and the pole at 2 kHz cominues to comrihute a 0 dB magnitude asymptote.
Robert W. Erickson, Dragan Maksimovic, 2001
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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of ...
I. Any of these Curves that have from their own Nature and Construction an
Asymptote, are capable of . being Asymptotical to one another. Thus in Conick
Sections 'tis demonstrated, that Hyperbola's that have the fame common
Asymptote are ...
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Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
The parallel asymptotes of a Central Hyperbolism, the twofold asymptote of a
Parabolic Hyperbolism and the asymptote of the Trident Curve are singular
asymptotes, that is, each of them touches the curve at a node or a cusp, and is
thus an ...
Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1871
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Systolic and Diastolic Function of the Heart
Yin (Eds.) 1OS Press and Ohmsha, 1995 Chapter 14 Indexing Left Ventricular
Isovolumic Pressure Decay Variable Asymptote Shift Effects Michael Courtois
and Philip A. Ludbrook Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of
...
Neil B. Ingels, George T. Daughters, Jan Baan, 1996
can show whether the first or the second asymptote gives a better fit for such data
. On the basis of the criterion shown in 5.2.6, Jenkinson used the first asymptote
for the annual maximum vapor pressures, Milan, l92l-l950, the second asymptote
...
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Precalculus with Limits
(0) Vertical asymptote: x I I 4 x f(x) x f (x) x f (x) Horizontal asymptote: y I 0 0.5 I 2
1.5 2 5 0.25 (d) y 0.9 I 10 1.1 10 10 0.1 0.99 I 100 1.01 100 100 0m 1 __ 0.999 I
1000 1.001 1000 1000 0% 37 36 35 I :5 (b) Vertical asymptote: x I 1 l Horizontal ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASYMPTOTE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
asymptote is used in the context of the following news items.
Rethinking forest carbon assessments to account for policy institutions
... is the maximum attainable above-ground biomass (upper asymptote of the curve) and β and γ determine the shape of the curve (growth rate to the asymptote). «Nature.com, Jun 15»
'The Singularity & Socialism' - an interview with author C. James …
... event horizon of a coming economic singularity where all prices drop down an asymptote toward zero as technology advances exponentially. «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jun 15»
Plan for Housing at Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 6 Is Still Hated
I propose they actually build something taller, BUT thinner based on Asymptote's rendering above...AND ADD green terraced set backs in ... «Curbed NY, Jun 15»
Opponents of Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 6 highrises: 'Build only to …
... at the Empire State Development on Monday. Shown: One of 14 proposals for the Pier 6 development. Rendering by Asymptote Architecture ... «Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Jun 15»
Vote Machine Learning For President!
Take immigration, an area of policy that has reached a sort of asymptote of absurdity these days. We could replace all of our messy quotas and ... «TechCrunch, Jun 15»
Clarity and Uncertainty: 20 Years of Radiology
Technology had reached its asymptote. Once, after I lectured on the strengths of various CT scans, a radiologist asked which vendor he should ... «Medscape, Jun 15»
Carsten Höller: Decision, Hayward Gallery, review: Crowd-pleasing …
The work is loosely based on the complex mathematical principle of the “asymptote” as well as on aphids' non-sexual reproduction, just ... «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
The New Sincerity at Bay Street Theater: The Revolution Will Not Be …
Arriving at the offices of Asymptote Magazine, mainly to brush his teeth after a three-week break from hygiene, Django (Peter Mark Kendall) ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
Review: In 'The New Sincerity,' Worldviews Are Constantly Changing
The journal is called Asymptote, a word that Rose defines as “a line that tries to be a curve but never quite gets there.” (Coincidentally, there is ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Can Xue, Rocío Cerón win 2015 Best Translated Book Awards
... Katrine Øgaard Jensen (Asymptote); Madeleine LaRue (Music & Literature); Daniel Medin (American University of Paris, Cahiers Series, ... «University of Rochester Newsroom, May 15»
