tangent plane
Americannoun
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The analog of a tangent line to a curve is a tangent plane to a surface for functions of two variables.
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If Sij is small enough, then it can be approximated by a tangent plane at some point P in Sij.
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A tangent plane at a regular point contains all of the lines tangent to that point.
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To develop a method that makes surface integrals easier to compute, we approximate surface areas ΔSij with small pieces of a tangent plane, just as we did in the previous subsection.
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The tangent plane to a quadric surface either cuts the surface in two lines, or it has only a single line, or else only a single point in common with the surface.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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