The ___ at any point on magnetic field line gives the direction of magnetic field at that point.

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The tangent at any point of the magnetic field line gives the direction of the magnetic field at that point. This can be understood from the figure below in which tangent at a particular point P represents the direction of the magnetic field at point P.

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