Definition of Tangence

1. n. Tangency.

Definition of Tangence

1. tangency [n -S] - See also: tangency

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangence

tandoors
tandospirone
tane
tanekaha
tanespimycin
taneyamalite
tanezumab
tanga
tangalung
tangas
tanged
tangelo
tangelo tree
tangelos
tangence (current term)
tangences
tangencies
tangency
tangent
tangent plane
tangent screen
tangental
tangential
tangential wound
tangentiality
tangentially
tangents
tangerine
tangerine tree

Literary usage of Tangence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elementary Co-ordinate Geometry for Collegiate Use and Private Study by William Benjamin Smith (1886)
"... any tangent between two fixed tangents to P subtends af,xed angle at the focus: half the 2£ subtended by the chord through the fixed points of tangence. ..."

2. VIth International Inland Navigation Congress, The Hague, 1894: Reports (1894)
"The rupture of continuity at the point of tangence will give place to a ... What occurs between the points of tangence along the arcs of the circle? ..."

3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"tangence (rare), atteint (archaic); spec, feel, kiss, graze, glance, brush, osculation, ... joinder (rare), tangence or tangency (tech.; chiefly spec. ..."

4. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"[of a vessel. TANCHE, sf tench. Tanche de mer, sea-tench. tangence, я. /. ... Point de tangence, point of contact of two lines, or surfaces. TANGAGE, ». m. ..."

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