Tangency

Word TANGENCY
Character 8
Hyphenation tan gen cy
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Tangency"

What do we mean by tangency?

The condition of being tangent. noun

The state of being tangent; a contact or touching. Also called taction. noun

The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching. noun

The state of being tangent; an instance of (something) being tangent. noun

(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact noun

The state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing noun

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The word "tangency" in example sentences

A tangency is a point of contact between one shape and another so that they just touch without overlapping. ❋ James Gurney (2009)

Musset, but with "tangency" on both, will be discussed in the text. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

Charlie mentions a circle-circle tangency joke not working, right before a James Bond reference (007 — circle, circle, tangent). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Scientists had calculated that the bomber would achieve optimum distance from the blast with 155 degrees of tangency. ❋ Barrett Tillman (2010)

A tangency can also happen when a shape touches the frame of the composition. ❋ James Gurney (2009)

The preferred alternative is the one that yields the greatest utility, which occurs (for continuous decision variables as shown here) at the point of tangency D of the best equi-preference curve, with the trade off curve. ❋ Unknown (2007)

She sipped her coffee languorously as she spoke, relaxing into eccentric tangency now that the main order of business had been concluded. ❋ Keith Blanchard (2003)

Approaching tangency with a particular orbit, Flinx took a moment to belch once while admiring a great swath of glowing gold splashed across the sky. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1977)

Rod considered wriggling around behind the gate, knowing that the tangency was one-sided and that he would be able to see through the locus from the other side, see anyone who came out without himself being seen. ❋ Heinlein, Robert A. (1955)

While in his social relations the young man is seeking points of tangency with those in his own plane, in his religious experience he seeks to come into relation with his God; that is, with the power that exists in the plane above his own. ❋ Winfield Scott Hall (N/A)

Lift the handle and force the cutting edge into the wood; at the same time push the chisel forward to keep it at the proper tangency. ❋ Archie S. Milton (N/A)

In bringing the chisel into contact with the revolving surface, the mathematical principle of the "point of tangency" is illustrated. ❋ Archie S. Milton (N/A)

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