tangent line
Americannoun
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A tangent line to a curve is a line that intersects the curve at only a single point but does not cross it there.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 1, 2021
If we zoom in on a curve at that point, the curve appears linear, and the slope of the curve at that point is close to the slope of the tangent line at that point.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 1, 2021
Furthermore, to find the slope of a tangent line at a point a, we let the x-values approach a in the slope of the secant line.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
If we choose to change y instead of x by the same incremental value h, then the secant line is parallel to the y-axis and so is the tangent line.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
When you try to calculate the slope of a tangent line, zero wrecks your approximation process.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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