recta
English translation: straight line
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| na | straight line |
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| na | straight line or tangent |
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| na | María's right, you have to specify the function of the |
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| na | straight line |
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straight line Explanation: Unless I am missing something. Fuad The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary |
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straight line or tangent Explanation: reverse of the slope of the previous tangent.... I believe tangent is the best term. |
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María's right, you have to specify the function of the Explanation: straight line (tangent, co-tangent, etc.) |
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straight line Explanation: Si bien una tangente es en general una linea recta (perpendicular a la normal a una curva que pasa por un punto de la misma), nada en el texto sugiere que se trate de una tangente. Una recta es caracterizada por un punto y su pendiente (slope). En este caso se habla de un valor que es la inversa (es decir, (1/n) de dicha pendiente. Puedes encontrar todos estos términos en el glosario de la referencia Reference: http://www.cunymath.cuny.edu/students/glossary/eng2sp.html |
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