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line segment

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line segment
In vector graphics, same as vector.
line segment [′līn ‚segĀ·mənt]
(mathematics)
A connected piece of a line.


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The cutaway section has a profile formed by straight line segments joined by a blending radius.
A triangle is specified by its three 3D vertex points; a line segment is specified by its two 3D end points; and a point primitive, of course, is specified by one 3D point.
This work presents and explains a "line segment" model of fission track analysis that represents fission tracks mathematically by a stochastic process of randomly oriented line segments in three dimensions.
 
 
 
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