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tangent plane

NOUN
  1. the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface

How To Use tangent plane In A Sentence

  • A further reduction was accomplished by using the tangent plane of the surface at a given point as the standard plane of reference (instead of the xy-plane).
  • The students are then asked to identify perpendicular cross sections of maximal and minimal curvature using coordinates taken essentially from the tangent plane.
  • The Kummer surface has 16 isolated conical double points and 16 singular tangent planes and was published in 1864.
  • In particular he constructed the tangent plane and exhibited the surface as an envelope of planes.
  • Water contact angle refers to the angle between the tangent plane of the liquid surface and the tangent plane of the solid surface at any point along the line of contact.
  • In particular he constructed the tangent plane and exhibited the surface as an envelope of planes.
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