Gk.
a- (alpha privative)
syn - "with" (sym in combination with a bilabial)
ptosis - "a falling" (πτῶσις - think: ptomaine, toxin of a fallen carcass, from 'to ptoma' "the fallen")
Combined they mean "not falling together" ie., approaching but never meeting.
Line on a chart that a graph line might get infinitely close but never reach it
Gk.
a- (alpha privative)
syn - "with" (sym in combination with a bilabial)
ptosis - "a falling" (πτῶσις - think: ptomaine, toxin of a fallen carcass, from 'to ptoma' "the fallen")
Combined they mean "not falling together" ie., approaching but never meeting.