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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3ASphere_and_Ball.png">right</a>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, a <b>surface</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=mathematical_model">mathematical model</a> of the common concept of a <a href="page.php?w=surface">surface</a>. It is a generalization of a <a href="page.php?w=plane_%28mathematics%29">plane</a>, but, unlike a plane, it may be <a href="page.php?w=Curvature">curved</a> (this is analogous to a <a href="page.php?w=curve">curve</a> generalizing a <a href="page.php?w=straight_line">straight line</a>).</p><p>
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