asymptote
📖 Definitions
noun
1. Something or someone that gets closer and closer but never touches.
2. A straight line whose distance to a curve approaches zero as the curve approaches infinity.
💬 Usage Examples
“Language, in relation to thought, must ever be regarded as an asymptote.” F.W. Farrar; Essay on Origin of Language; John Murray; 1860. “If I were a function, you would be my asymptote. I always tend toward you.” Penny Reid; Neanderthal Seeks Human; Cipher-Naught; 2013. “He scooped her into his arms and carried her into the interior part of the house.
A place where they would pledge their love and become the asymptote that defied all the odds, when it dared to intersect and join lovers as one.” ina Beckett; How to Win the Surgeon’s Heart; Harlequin; 2021.