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When the two surfaces touch but do not intersect one another.
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What is a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at one point?
A tangent
Is a plane a curved surface?
No.
What is a flat area on s curved surface called?
A plane horizontal surface with no depth refers to a flat area on a curved surface.
The point where a plane surface is tangent to a cylinder is called what...and is represented on a thechnical drawing using?
A fillet
Explain why the shape of a football is not a polygon?
It has a curved surface.
What is a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at one point?
A tangent
Is a plane a curved surface?
No.
Can we say that horizontal motion is parallel to the earth's surface?
Technically speaking, no, because the surface of the Earth is curved and what "parallel" means with respect to a curved surface is slightly ambiguous. It would be more accurate to say that it's perpendicular to the surface normal (or parallel to the tangent plane, which amounts to the same thing) at that point.
How can you use the noun tangent in a sentence?
Tangent can mean: a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point. Today in maths we studied tangents. Or tangent can mean: a completely different line of thought or action. The discussion went off at a tangent and we never resolved the problem.
What is a curved surface?
A surface having no equivalent point at any plane
What is a flat area on s curved surface called?
A plane horizontal surface with no depth refers to a flat area on a curved surface.
What is curved mirror?
It is a mirror whose reflecting surface is curved, not flat (as in a plane mirror).
What curved surface compares to which undefined term in Euclidean geometry?
a plane
How many plane surfaces are there in a ball?
None. There is one curved suface but no plane surface.
Is it possible to have a triangle with 2 right angles?
Yes, but not on a plane surface; only on a curved surface.
What is the tangent of the curve?
A tangent is a line which touches, but does not cross, a curved line.
The point where a plane surface is tangent to a cylinder is called what...and is represented on a thechnical drawing using?
A fillet
