cut noodles; cross-section; tangent plane
Meanings
3 senses · 6 examplesnoun
cut noodles; hand-cut noodles
A type of noodle made by rolling dough flat and slicing it into strips. Often contrasted with '拉面' (pulled noodles).
I love the tomato and egg cut noodles my mom makes.
This bowl of hand-rolled cut noodles is very chewy.
Definition
cross-section; cut surface; profile
formalA surface or view exposed by making a cut through an object. Widely used in geometry, engineering, and biology.
This diagram shows a cross-section of a tree trunk.
From the cross-sectional view, the structure of this building is very unique.
noun
tangent plane (math); section plane
technicalA mathematical term. For a sphere, a plane that touches it at exactly one point. For a cylinder or cone, a plane that contains exactly one generatrix (line).
The tangent plane of this sphere is tangent to the sphere's center.
In solid geometry, we often need to calculate the tangent planes of a cone.