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surface normals

surface normals is the plural of surface normal.

Meaning of surface normal

Noun

surface normal (plural surface normals)

  1. (differential geometry) A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by
  2. (differential geometry) ⃑n=±⃑x_u×⃑x_v/ lVert ⃑x_u×⃑x_v rVert
  3. (differential geometry) where the sign can be chosen at will.

Questions about surface normals

What is surface normals the plural of?
Surface normals is the plural of surface normal.

Words near surface normals in the dictionary

  1. surface mounted
  2. surface mounted technology
  3. surface noise
  4. surface noises
  5. surface normal
  6. surface normals
  7. surface of revolution
  8. surface patch
  9. surface patches
  10. surface plasmon
  11. surface plasmons

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