Jisho

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ほうせん 法線
Noun
1. normal vectorMathematics
Wikipedia definition
2. Normal (geometry)In geometry, an object such as a line or vector is called a normal to another object if they are perpendicular to each other. For example, in the two-dimensional case, the normal line to a curve at a given point is the line perpendicular to the tangent line to the curve at the point. A surface normal, or simply normal, to a surface at a point P is a vector that is perpendicular to the tangent plane to that surface at P.
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