Secant line
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title:
Secant line
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In geometry, a secant is a line that intersects a curve at a minimum of two distinct points.
The word secant comes from the Latin word secare, meaning to cut. In the case of a circle, a secant intersects the circle at exactly two points. A chord is the line segment determined by the two points, that is, the interval on the secant whose ends are the two points.
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Line that intersects a curve at least twice
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secant_line
date created:
2003-06-07T21:27:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T18:35:17Z
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