tangent plane
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We define the term tangent plane here and then explore the idea intuitively.
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Figure 4.27 The tangent plane to a surface S at a point P0 contains all the tangent lines to curves in S that pass through P0.
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If these lines lie in the same plane, they determine the tangent plane at that point.
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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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A cone of second order is uniquely determined by five of its edges or by five of its tangent planes, or by four edges and the tangent plane at one of them, &c. &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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