The locus of the feet of lines drawn from a fixed point to the tangents to a given curve or surface which are at a constant angle with them which is not a right angle.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Century Dictionary.
Definition of oblique pedal in US English:
oblique pedal
noun
Mathematics
The locus of the feet of lines drawn from a fixed point to the tangents to a given curve or surface which are at a constant angle with them which is not a right angle.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Century Dictionary.