tangent plane
Americannoun
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When working with a function of two variables, the tangent line is replaced by a tangent plane, but the approximation idea is much the same.
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A tangent plane at a regular point contains all of the lines tangent to that point.
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We define the term tangent plane here and then explore the idea intuitively.
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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 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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