(n.) A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance.
Example Sentences:
(1) Temporary threshold shifts increased for the first eight hours of exposure and then were asymptotic.
(2) To evaluate threshold estimates under these conditions, computer simulations of experiments with small numbers of trials were performed by using psychometric functions based on a model of two types of noise: stimulus-related noise (affecting slope) and extraneous noise (affecting upper asymptote).
(3) The proposed fit asymptotically agrees with Mie's set of equations for the low and the high collection efficiency regions.
(4) Experiment 2 showed that although equivalent performance was obtained from extensive conditioning with a weak shock or limited conditioning with strong shock, only extensive conditioning with weak shock resulted in retarded acquisition of an association between that same CS and a footshock level perceived as midway between the two initial training shock intensities as implied by asymptotic performance in Experiment 1.
(5) This finding is contradictory to the generally held view that antagonist-induced opioid receptor up-regulation in brain increases asymptotically, leveling off after a relatively brief treatment period.
(6) One parameter of this equation represents the estimated response rate asymptote.
(7) Accurate to first-order in the reciprocal of the radial distance from the axis of symmetry, the asymptotic solution obtained here can be employed for future comparison with measured experimental distributions.
(8) The asymptotic kinetics of lipoamide oxidoreductions switch between the ping pong and ordered mechanisms by varying pH of the reactions.
(9) The fitting of a curve indicated an asymptote of 0.721.
(10) Thresholds fell asymptotically to a Weber fraction around 0.06 over a period of approx.
(11) This program utilizes both exact and asymptotic methods to provide point estimates, P values, and confidence intervals.
(12) The statistical properties of the estimated asymptotic multiplication rate, stage, or age stable structures and mean generation time are inspected by both a theoretical approach and a simulation procedure.
(13) For biological populations the precise asymptotic behavior of the corresponding dynamic system is probably less important than the question of extinction and survival of species.
(14) In this paper, asymptotic and iterative methods are developed for the solution of such equations.
(15) The ratio of the extravascular lung water measured in this way to that measured gravimetrically also increased, to reach an asymptotic proportion of close to 100%.
(16) After continuous sinusoidal training for 4 h, VOR gain reached an asymptotic level 5% away from perfect suppression in the low-gain training, but 19% away from the actual performance in the high-gain paradigm.
(17) When a function is expressed as an infinite series of spherical harmonics the convergence can be accelerated by subtracting its asymptotic expansion and adding it in analytically closed form.
(18) Confidence limits for low-dose extrapolation are based on the asymptotic distribution of the likelihood ratio.
(19) For stimulation-bound feeding, increases in intensity raise asymptotic ingestion rate, but do not always appreciably change the location of the curve along the frequency axis.
(20) We conclude that the asymptotic behavior of whole body VO2 at maximal WRs is a direct reflection of the VO2 profile at the exercising legs.
Folium
Definition:
(n.) A leaf, esp. a thin leaf or plate.
(n.) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is x3 + y3 = axy.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results are consistent with the hypothesis that during the early stages of cerebellar development the Bergmann fiber palisades organize the orientation of the parallel fibers in the longitudinal plane of the folium.
(2) In the lateral wall of folium VII there was a small anomalous region innervated by the contralateral eye.3.
(3) In a superficial folium of the dorsal paraflocculus of high decerebrate rabbits, extracellular unitary spikes were recorded from a Purkinje cell, while two parallel fibre beams impinging onto that Purkinje cell were separately stimulated in the molecular layer.
(4) The low-threshold region from which saccades could be evoked with stimulus intensities less than 10 microA was confined to lobule VII in seven monkeys; in the other five monkeys it included a posterior part of lobule VI (folium VIc).
(5) A single injection at the fifth postnatal day produces hypogranular cerebella whereas a single injection at birth produces, in addition, a disorderly cytoarchitecture of the folium and alteration of Purkinje cell positioning (Bejar et al.
(6) The content of constituents in Folium pyrrosiae was calculated from the relevant peak height or peak area.
(7) Histotypic migration of [3H]thymidine pulse-labeled granule cell neurons in cerebellar folium explants was monitored in the presence of antibodies to cell adhesion molecules and quantified by automatic image analysis.
(8) Seven oncogenes (c-myc, L-myc, N-myc, v-erbB, c-fos, Ha-ras and mos) were used as the probe to detect the total RNA of every part (cerebellum, temporal folium, frontal folium and occipital folium) in human brain from 2 cases of 6 mon fetus and the total RNA in fetal development (4 mon, 5 mon, 6 mon, 7 mon, and newborn) of human brain tissue by RNA dot hybridization analysis.
(9) Three active constituents in seven species of Folium Pyrrosiae (mangiferin, isomangiferin and chlorogenic acid) have been determined.
(10) At the middle of cerebellar development, around 2nd postnatal week in rat and 12-16 embryonary days in chick, a new polyanionic transient accumulation, presumably chondroitinsulphate, became present at the medullary region following the longitudinal axis of folium and limiting the forming granular layer, being this substance mainly related with polarity processes by controlling or guiding the growing cones of afferent fibers, which enter massively to cerebellar cortex.
(11) Among the 78 control cases, no cholecystic stones were excreted, inspite of the Magnesium Sulfate, Folium Cassiae and fatty meals administered to many cases with constipation.
(12) Although the basic types of operations carried out by cerebellar cortex may be similar in all folia, the mosaic of afferent sources, intrinsic organization and efferent destinations appear to be unique for each folium.
(13) Taste buds were found in the epithelium of only one side of each folium.
(14) Six new antiallergic and antimicrobial principles, thunberginols A, B, C, D, E, and F, were isolated from Hydrangeae Dulcis Folium, the fermented and dried leaves of Hydrangea macrophylla SERINGE var.
(15) When the neighborhoods were extended with fixed orientation with respect to the axis of the folium, the hexagonal arrangement disappeared.
(16) In the third stage, the dendritic arbor becomes flattened in the plane transverse to the folium and somatic spines disappear.
(17) Hippocampal neuron densities in three areas (H1 zone, end folium, and dentate gyrus) were counted in each of 32 temporal lobectomy excision specimens using the technique of Mouritzen Dam.
(18) By omitting the component NH4NO3 and doubling the amount of KNO3 in MS medium, the Panax quinque folium cells cultured in such medium grew more rapidly and their saponin content was much higher than that cultured in regular MS medium.
(19) Stretch of a single wrist muscle excited P-cells over a distance of about 1 mm in the long axis of a folium, a span which is at most half the length of parallel fibers.
(20) An aqueous extract of Orthosiphonis folium, given orally, enhances considerably ion excretion in rat to a level comparable to that obtained with furosemide.