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tangent planes

tangent planes is the plural of tangent plane.

Meaning of tangent plane

Noun

tangent plane (plural tangent planes)

  1. (differential geometry) The plane passing through a given point which contains the tangent lines of all the curves on a surface passing through that same point.

Questions about tangent planes

What is tangent planes the plural of?
Tangent planes is the plural of tangent plane.

Words near tangent planes in the dictionary

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

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