(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.
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Tangent plane
the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface
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(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.(mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes); "parallels never meet"
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two po…
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two po…
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.(mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axi…
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
Used in the same subject area: Geometry, Mathematics.
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A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptote…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of pro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all side…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry in which the parallel axiom is replaced by the assumption that through any point in a plane the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 2…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.That part of a line, or of a plane, or of space, which is infinitely distant. In modern geometry, parallel lines or planes are sometim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point and hence parallel t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to de…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point of the p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, contains, lines, tangent, specific.
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