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PIERCING POINT [2 records]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
OBS

(...) of a line in space. Any one of the points where the line passes through one of the coordinate planes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
DEF

A piercing point is a point where a particular line intersects a plane.

CONT

The piercing point is the exact location of the intersection of a surface and a line. The exact piercing point is determined from the view where the surface appears as an edge view.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
DEF

Lieu où une droite rencontre un plan.

CONT

Un plan perpendiculaire à p coupe respectivement oa, ob, oc en r, s,t. Le point de percée h de p dans ce plan est l'orthocentre (point de rencontre des hauteurs) du triangle rst; en effet, rs est dans un plan perpendiculaire à p et à oc; le plan ohc et perpendiculaire à rs, et ht est donc une hauteur du triangle rst.

Spanish

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