conjugate lines
conjugate lines
[′kän·jə·gət ′līnz] (mathematics)
For a conic section, two lines each of which passes through the intersection of the tangents to the conic at its points of intersection with the other line.
For a quadric surface, two lines each of which intersects the polar line of the other.
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