inflectional tangent

noun

A tangent to a curve at a point of inflection.

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Meanings

nouninflectional tangent (plural inflectional tangents)

plural inflectional tangents

  1. differential calculus; differential geometry; differential calculus; differential geometryA tangent to a curve at a point of inflection.
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