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substratosphere
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subtenant
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subtangent

sub·tan·gent [ súb tànjənt ] (plural sub·tan·gents)


noun 
Definition:
 
point of curve and tangent: the part of the x-axis in a two-dimensional coordinate system that is included by the ordinate of a specific point on a curve and the tangent at that point

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