💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Normal force"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| normal | Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself. |
| norm.noun | Abbreviation of normal. [(geometry, countable) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.] |
| surface normalnoun | (differential geometry) 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 |
| line of forcenoun | (physics) An imaginary line in a field of force, whose tangent at any point gives the direction of the field at that point and whose number through unit area perpendicular to the field represents its intensity. |
| nodenoun | (networking) A computer or other device attached to a network. |
| tangent planenoun | (differential geometry) The plane passing through a given point which contains the tangent lines of all the curves on a surface passing through that same point. |
| perpendicular | (geometry) At or forming a right angle (to something). |
| angle of incidencenoun | (optics, physics) The angle that a straight line, ray of light, etc., meeting a surface, makes with a normal to the surface at the point of meeting. |
| subnormal | Less than normal. |
| tangentnoun | (mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg. |
| equipotential surfacenoun | Any n-dimensional surface (or line) having a constant scalar potential |
| binormalnoun | (mathematics) A line that is at right angles to both the normal and the tangent of a point on a curve and, together with them, forms three orthogonal axes |
| aplombnoun | Self-confidence; poise; composure. |
| tangent linenoun | (differential geometry) Synonym of tangent (“straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there”). |
| centripetal forcenoun | (physics) The force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation. |
| unodenoun | (geometry) A double point of a surface whose tangent cone consists of one double plane. |
| rolling contactnoun | Any contact between rotating bodies such that the relative velocity of the two contacting surfaces is zero at the point of contact. |
| nadirnoun | (figuratively) The lowest point; time of greatest depression. |
| focal planenoun | (optics) Such a plane, in a camera, microscope etc, in which the real image is in focus. |
| orbiformnoun | (geometry) A plane for which the distance between the points of contact of two nonequal parallel tangents at a circle is the same everywhere. |
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