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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A theorem stating that if a curve is continuous, has two x-intercepts, and has a tangent at every point between the intercepts, at least one of these tangents is parallel to the x-axis.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Michel Rolle, (1652–1719), French mathematician.]
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