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Tangent arcs are a type
of halo,
an atmospheric optical phenomenon,
which appears above and
below the
observed Sun or Moon,
tangent to the 22° halo. To...
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functions of the
trigonometric functions (with
suitably restricted domains). Specifically, they are the
inverses of the sine, cosine,
tangent, cotangent...
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arc between two endpoints,
there is at
least one
point at
which the
tangent to the
arc is
parallel to the
secant through its endpoints. It is one
of the...
- In geometry, the
tangent line (or
simply tangent) to a
plane curve at a
given point is, intuitively, the
straight line that "just touches" the
curve at...
- A
Parry arc is a rare halo,
an optical phenomenon which occasionally appears over a 22° halo
together with
an upper tangent arc. The halo was
first described...
- and the
tangent functions.
Their reciprocals are
respectively the cosecant, the secant, and the
cotangent functions,
which are less used. Each
of these...
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An infralateral arc (or
lower lateral tangent arc) is a rare halo,
an optical phenomenon appearing similar to a
rainbow under a
white parhelic circle...
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circles form the
subject of several theorems, and play
an important role in many
geometrical constructions and proofs.
Since the
tangent line to a
circle at...
- rate
of change of the
surface normal around the curve's
tangent. Let the
curve be
arc-length parametrized, and let t = u × T so that T, t, u form
an orthonormal...
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curve r(s),
parameterized by its
arc length, it is now
possible to
define the Frenet–Serret
frame (or TNB frame): The
tangent unit
vector T is
defined as T:=drds...