tangent vector

vector tangent to a curve or surface at a given point
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tangent vector

Summary

tangent vector ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • tangent vector's subclass of is recorded as vector[2].
  • tangent vector's subclass of is recorded as Euclidean vector[3].
  • tangent vector's part of is recorded as tangential and normal components[4].
  • tangent vector's opposite of is recorded as normal vector[5].
  • tangent vector's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h5591s[6].
  • tangent vector's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0239762[7].
  • tangent vector's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/tangent-vector[8].
  • tangent vector's has characteristic is recorded as contact[9].
  • tangent vector's different from is recorded as Tangent vector[10].
  • tangent vector's defining formula is recorded as \mathbf{r_\parallel}(t)\propto\mathbf{r}^\prime(t)[11].
  • tangent vector's MathWorld ID is recorded as TangentVector[12].
  • tangent vector's MathWorld ID is recorded as ManifoldTangentVector[13].
  • tangent vector's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].
  • tangent vector's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 47890412[15].
  • tangent vector's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C47890412[16].
  • tangent vector's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as vector-tangent[17].

Why It Matters

tangent vector ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). tangent vector. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangent-vector
MLA “tangent vector.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangent-vector.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tangent-vector_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{tangent vector}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangent-vector}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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