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Regression point

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Regression \Re*gres"sion\ (r?*gr?sh"?n), n. [L. regressio: cf.
   F. r['e]gression.]
   The act of passing back or returning; retrogression;
   retrogradation. --Sir T. Browne.

   {Edge of regression} (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along
      which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a
      {cuspidal edge}.

   {Regression point} (Geom.), a cusp.
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