• Tangence

    Full definition of tangence

    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.
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