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Secant plane

A secant plane is a plane containing a nontrivial section of a sphere or an ellipsoid, or such a plane that a sphere is projected onto. Secant planes are similar to tangent planes, which contact the sphere's surface at a point, while secant planes contact the surface along curves.

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Secant plane

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Avg. degree1.8
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Secant plane

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has application · 2
Secant plane → Secant, The
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Secant plane → plane containing a nontrivial section of a sphere or an ellipsoid

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secant planes plane section tangent along sphere ellipsoid map projections containing nontrivial projected onto similar contact sphere's surface point curves

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Secant planeis aplane containing a nontrivial section of a sphere or an ellipsoid0.90text
Secant planehas applicationSecant0.60section
Secant planehas applicationThe0.60section

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