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Tangence

Tan′gence

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Noun.
Tangency.
[R.]

Definition 2024


tangence

tangence

English

Noun

tangence (plural tangences)

  1. Alternative form of tangency
    • 1874, L J V. Gerard, The elements of geometry, in eight books; or, First step in applied logic, page 106,
      The points of intangence, or extangence, of two circumferences are the points of tangence of their intangents, or extangents.
    • 1957, Canadin Patent Office, The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights, Volume 85, Issues 10-12, page 8721,
      [] to assure the belt passes only through said points of tangence, [] .
    • 2006, ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling: Proceedings, page 185,
      The latter enables designers and engineers to describe geometric entities (points, lines, planes, curves, surfaces) by specification of constraints: distances, angles, incidences, tangences between geometric entities.


French

Noun

tangence f (plural tangences)

  1. tangency