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asymptotic curve [ā‚sim′täd·ik ′kərv] (mathematics) A curve on a surface whose osculating plane at each point is the same as the tangent plane to the surface. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He also distrusts science's preoccupation with quantifying things: "It wants to measure the degree of complexity in a song, the number of motifs, the sheer length, the amount of variation, all tabulated, an asymptotic curve flattening out to a limit. This is often referred to as the asymptotic curve (Fig. Rohmer and Chabrol proposed an asymptotic curve of accumulated innocence and guilt whose arc might serve to define the "constitutive or original flaw in our natures. |
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