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surface normal

n. (context differential geometry English) A unit vector at any given point ''P'' of a surface ''M'' which is perpendicular to the tangent plane ''T_P(M)'' of ''M'' at ''P''. For a surface with parametrization $vec\; x(u,v)$, it is given by