| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
asymptote (ās'ĭm-tōt') Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) A line whose distance to a given curve tends to zero. An asymptote may or may not intersect its associated curve. |