tangent plane
Noun
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Noun
tangent plane (plural tangent planes)
- (differential geometry) Given a point P on a surface M, the tangent plane of M at point P, denoted by TP(M), is the plane passing through P which contains the tangent lines of all the curves on M passing through P.
- Spanish: 35
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