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secant line

line that intersects a curve at least twice
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secant line
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secant line

Summary

secant line has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • secant line is a type of line[2].
  • secant line's Commons category is recorded as Circle and lines[3].
  • secant line's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[4].
  • secant line's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • secant line's different from is recorded as Q12159565[6].
  • secant line's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[7].

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Definition and Type

secant line is a type of line[2].

Influence

Things named for secant line include secant method[8], a root-finding algorithm[9].

Why It Matters

secant line has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Entities named for it include secant method[8], a root-finding algorithm[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Different from → Q12159565
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q54640564]]"
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