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		cracki 86 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions ov... What exactly do you mean by "asymptomatic"? The proper meaning of the word does not fit into what you wrote. "Asymptomatic" means you have a cold but you show none of the symptoms, hence a-symptom-atic, no symptoms.

pvtmert 86 days ago [–]

parent is meaning asymptote as in maths where a line is approaching to a value but never touching it. maybe it was a typo or auto correct...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymptote

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