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tangent lines

tangent lines is the plural of tangent line.

Meaning of tangent line

Noun

tangent line (plural tangent lines)

  1. (differential geometry) Synonym of tangent (“straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there”).
    Synonyms:
    tangent

Questions about tangent lines

What is tangent lines the plural of?
Tangent lines is the plural of tangent line.

Words near tangent lines in the dictionary

  1. tangency
  2. tangent
  3. tangent bundle
  4. tangent bundles
  5. tangent line
  6. tangent lines
  7. tangent off
  8. tangent plane
  9. tangent planes
  10. tangent space
  11. tangent spaces

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