"asymptotic" or "asymptotical"

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I use sometimes "asymptotical". However, Merriam-Webster online tells us only about "asymptote", "asymptotic" and "asymptotically". So does the word "asymptotical" really exist?Regards,Alex.

Usenet · Accepted Answer

depends on what you meant, when you said it, but
I'm sure that your form is more proper, grammatical-wise. lots of those forms are just abbreviated
by popular usage; oui?
[nq:1]I use sometimes "asymptotical". However, Merriam-Webster online tells us[/nq]
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that depended upon how you'd used it, but
I'm sure that your form is proper, gramatical-wise.
[nq:1]I use sometimes "asymptotical". However, Merriam-Webster online tells us[/nq]
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[nq:1]that depended upon how you'd used it, but I'm sure that your form is proper, gramatical-wise.[/nq]
What is grammatically possible and what is idiomatic usage, however, are two different things. Once upon a time, "a face-lifting" was a standard term and it sort of lives on in the French word "lifting" for the operation but in English, "face-lifting" is no longer idiomatic: It's a "face-lift" now.
[nq:2]I use sometimes "asymptotical". However, Merriam-Webster online tells us[/nq]
Both "asymptotic" and "asymptotical" are listed as adjective forms of "asymptote" in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed., under the entry for "asymptote" at
http://www.bartleby.com/61/1/A0490100.html
"Asymptotical" is listed as a variant under the entry for "asymptotic" in a couple of dictionaries: In the dictionary at www.infoplease.com (which is based upon the *Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary,* 2nd ed.) at

http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0326904.html
and in The Collins English Dictionary at
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/asymptotic.htm

Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com

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[nq:1]I use sometimes "asymptotical". However, Merriam-Webster online tells us only about "asymptote", "asymptotic" and "asymptotically". So does the word "asymptotical" really exist? Regards, Alex.[/nq]
Asymtote: noun
Asymtotic: adj
Asymtotically: adv.
These types of variations are always confusing. You would put an -ic or an -al on the end of a noun to change it to an adjective. So, if it is already an adjective with an -ic ending, then why put an -al on the end?

The answer is simple. English is defined, not by what is correct, but by usage. The word 'Asymtotical' is not needed, but is being accepted because of usage.
For example, we have the computer term, 'graphical' interface. Why not simply say graphic interface? To add to the confusion, a mechanic works on mechanical things, but an electronic doesn't work on electronical things.

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]I use sometimes "asymptotical". However, Merriam-Webster online tells us only about "asymptote", "asymptotic" and "asymptotically". So does the word "asymptotical" really exist? Regards, Alex.[/nq]
Asymtote: noun
Asymtotic: adj
Asymtotically: adv.
These types of variations are always confusing. You would put an -ic or an -al on the end of a noun to change it to an adjective. So, if it is already an adjective with an -ic ending, then why put an -al on the end?

The answer is simple. English is defined, not by what is correct, but by usage. The word 'Asymtotical' is not needed, but is being accepted because of usage.
For example, we have the computer term, 'graphical' interface. Why not simply say graphic interface? To add to the confusion, a mechanic works on mechanical things, but an electronic doesn't work on electronical things.

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]I use sometimes "asymptotical". However, Merriam-Webster online tells us only about "asymptote", "asymptotic" and "asymptotically". So does the word "asymptotical" really exist? Regards, Alex.[/nq]
Asymtote: noun
Asymtotic: adj
Asymtotically: adv.
These types of variations are always confusing. You would put an -ic or an -al on the end of a noun to change it to an adjective. So, if it is already an adjective with an -ic ending, then why put an -al on the end?

The answer is simple. English is defined, not by what is correct, but by usage. The word 'Asymtotical' is not needed, but is being accepted because of usage.
For example, we have the computer term, 'graphical' interface. Why not simply say graphic interface? To add to the confusion, a mechanic works on mechanical things, but an electronic doesn't work on electronical things.

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]I use sometimes "asymptotical". However, Merriam-Webster online tells us only about "asymptote", "asymptotic" and "asymptotically". So does the word "asymptotical" really exist? Regards, Alex.[/nq]
Asymtote: noun
Asymtotic: adj
Asymtotically: adv.
These types of variations are always confusing. You would put an -ic or an -al on the end of a noun to change it to an adjective. So, if it is already an adjective with an -ic ending, then why put an -al on the end?

The answer is simple. English is defined, not by what is correct, but by usage. The word 'Asymtotical' is not needed, but is being accepted because of usage.
For example, we have the computer term, 'graphical' interface. Why not simply say graphic interface? To add to the confusion, a mechanic works on mechanical things, but an electronic doesn't work on electronical things.

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]I use sometimes "asymptotical". However, Merriam-Webster online tells us only about "asymptote", "asymptotic" and "asymptotically". So does the word "asymptotical" really exist? Regards, Alex.[/nq]
Asymtote: noun
Asymtotic: adj
Asymtotically: adv.
These types of variations are always confusing. You would put an -ic or an -al on the end of a noun to change it to an adjective. So, if it is already an adjective with an -ic ending, then why put an -al on the end?

The answer is simple. English is defined, not by what is correct, but by usage. The word 'Asymtotical' is not needed, but is being accepted because of usage.
For example, we have the computer term, 'graphical' interface. Why not simply say graphic interface? To add to the confusion, a mechanic works on mechanical things, but an electronic doesn't work on electronical things.

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]I use sometimes "asymptotical". However, Merriam-Webster online tells us only about "asymptote", "asymptotic" and "asymptotically". So does the word "asymptotical" really exist? Regards, Alex.[/nq]
Asymtote: noun
Asymtotic: adj
Asymtotically: adv.
These types of variations are always confusing. You would put an -ic or an -al on the end of a noun to change it to an adjective. So, if it is already an adjective with an -ic ending, then why put an -al on the end?

The answer is simple. English is defined, not by what is correct, but by usage. The word 'Asymtotical' is not needed, but is being accepted because of usage.
For example, we have the computer term, 'graphical' interface. Why not simply say graphic interface? To add to the confusion, a mechanic works on mechanical things, but an electronic doesn't work on electronical things.

Usenet · Answer

[nq:1]I use sometimes "asymptotical". However, Merriam-Webster online tells us only about "asymptote", "asymptotic" and "asymptotically". So does the word "asymptotical" really exist? Regards, Alex.[/nq]
Asymtote: noun
Asymtotic: adj
Asymtotically: adv.
These types of variations are always confusing. You would put an -ic or an -al on the end of a noun to change it to an adjective. So, if it is already an adjective with an -ic ending, then why put an -al on the end?

The answer is simple. English is defined, not by what is correct, but by usage. The word 'Asymtotical' is not needed, but is being accepted because of usage.
For example, we have the computer term, 'graphical' interface. Why not simply say graphic interface? To add to the confusion, a mechanic works on mechanical things, but an electronic doesn't work on electronical things.

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