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Tangent Plane

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Tangent Planes
possessive
Tangent Plane's
pluralpossessive
Tangent Planes'