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binormal

[ bahy-nawr-muhl, bahy-nawr- ]

noun

, Geometry.
  1. the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of binormal1

First recorded in 1840–50; bi- 1 + normal

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