subnormal

[Pref. sub-, and Eng. normal (q. v.).] Conic Sections : That part of the axis on which the normal is taken, contained between the foot of the ordinate through the point of normalcy of the curve, and the point in which the normal intersects the axis. In all curves the subnormal is a third proportional to the subtangent and the ordinate. [NORMAL.] sub-nō-tā-tion, s . [Lat, subnotatio , from sub not at us , pa. par. of subnoto =to mark under.) The same as RESCRIPT (q. v.).