Tangent Planes: Existence & Extensibility

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Char. Limit
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Most functions y=f(x) have tangent lines for any point x.

Does a function z=f(x,y) have a tangent plane for any point x,y?

And could you extend this to higher dimensions if necessary? (Tangent cubes? Tangent hypercubes?)

Edit: Sorry, I thought I was posting in the General Math forum. Movement would be helpful, please.
 
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