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bn:00076033n

Noun Concept

Categories: Differential geometry, Elementary geometry, Analytic geometry, Differential topology

tangent tangent plane point of tangency surface tangent tangent line

A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point WordNet 3.0

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A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In geometry, the tangent line to a plane curve at a given point is, intuitively, the straight line that "just touches" the curve at that point. Wikipedia

Term in mathematics; straight line touching a point in a curve Wikidata

IS A

straight line

role

line

HAS KIND

Tangent lines to circles

vertical tangent

DERIVATION

tangency

tangential

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

DIFFERENT FROM

Prevot Island

tangent

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

tangent

Wikipedia

tangent

Wikidata

tangent

Wikipedia Redirections

point of tangency, surface tangent, Tangent (geometry), tangent line, tangent line problem, tangent plane, tangent point, tangent problem, tangential, tangentially, tangents

Wikidata Alias

tangent line