tangent plane
Americannoun
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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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A tangent plane at a regular point contains all of the lines tangent to that point.
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Figure 4.31 Using a tangent plane for linear approximation at a point.
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This vector is perpendicular to both lines and is therefore perpendicular to the tangent plane.
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Considered as a curved surface, concentric with the earth, a tangent plane to such a surface is the plane of the horizon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
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