Tangence
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tangence is a noun meaning Alternative form of tangency.
Meaning
Alternative form of tangency.
Example Sentences
[…]to assure the belt passes only through said points of tangence,[…].
The points of intangence, or extangence, of two circumferences are the points of tangence of their intangents, or extangents.
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.
Word Forms
- tangences
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include attingency, tesselation, totalisation, convergency, colinearity, unequivalence.
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