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surface normal

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables
sur-face nor-mal
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by

noun

A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by ⃑n=±⃑x_u×⃑x_v/ lVert ⃑x_u×⃑x_v rVert where the sign can be chosen at will.

noun

A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by ⃑n=±⃑x_u×⃑x_v/ lVert ⃑x_u×⃑x_v rVert where the sign can be chosen at will.

Inflected Forms

surface normals (plural)

Questions

What does surface normal mean?
A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by

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