tangent plane

/ˌtændʒənt pleɪn/
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Other forms: tangent planes

Definitions of tangent plane
  1. noun
    the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface
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    type of:
    plane, sheet
    (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
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