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Do a straight line and a curved line form avertex at its joining point?
A tangent at that point where a straight line just touches a curve and a secant line when the straight line bisects the curve.
What is the name given to a straight line that touches a curve?
In geometry a straight line that touches a curve is called a tangent.
What is a curved geometric solid lateral surface called?
curve surface area
What is meant by tangent to a curve at a point?
It is a straight line that touches the curve such that the line is perpendicular to the radius of the curve at the point of contact.
What t-word is defined in geometry as a straight line that touches a curve?
tangent
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