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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3ASubtangentDiagram.svg">thumb</a>In <a href="page.php?w=geometry">geometry</a>, the <b>subtangent</b> and related terms are certain line segments defined using the line <a href="page.php?w=tangent">tangent</a> to a curve at a given point and the <a href="page.php?w=Cartesian_coordinate_system">coordinate axes</a>. The terms are somewhat archaic today but were in common use until the early part of the 20th century.</p>

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<p>Let P&nbsp;=&nbsp;(x,&nbsp;y) be a point on a given curve with A&nbsp;=&nbsp;(x,&nbsp;0)</p><p>
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