Definition of Tangency

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

Generic synonyms: Contact
Derivative terms: Tangent

2. Noun. (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact. "They forget to solder the contacts"

Definition of Tangency

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

Definition of Tangency

1. Noun. state of being tangent ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tangency

1. the state of being in immediate physical contact [n -CIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangency

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

Literary usage of Tangency

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... point of tangency. If the two surfaces are not to separate, гл and v¡ must have equal projections on the. common normal. If the normal components are ..."

2. Analytic Geometry, a First Course by William Henry Maltbie (1906)
"Any satisfactory definition of the tangent CONDITION OF will of course lead to the condition of tangency if properly considered. For example, the fact that ..."

3. Analytic Geometry, a First Course by William Henry Maltbie (1906)
"Applying this test we have as the condition of tangency ma — 6 -f- h or h = ± r V1 + *»* — ma + 6 This method of deriving the condition of tangency is ..."

4. Analytic Geometry for Colleges, Universities, and Technical Schools by Edward West Nichols (1892)
"The slope of a line passing through the centre of an hyperbola (0, 0) and the point of tangency (x", y") is -$• The slope of the tangent is, Art. 112, ..."

5. An Elementary Treatise on Conic Sections by Charles Smith (1890)
"CONDITION OF tangency. of the conic ф (a, /3, 7) = 0 in either of the forms dd> n dd> ... tangency."

6. The Theory of Engineering Drawing by Alphonse Andrew Adler (1915)
"Let a be the desired point of tangency. Draw through a, the secants ab, ac, ad, the number depending upon the degree of accuracy, but always more than here ..."

7. The Theory of Engineering Drawing by Alphonse Andrew Adler (1915)
"Let a be the desired point of tangency. Draw through a, the secants ab, ac, -ad, the number depending upon the degree of accuracy, but always more than here ..."

8. Standards of Length and Their Practical Application: A Résumé Covering the by Pratt & Whitney Company, George Meade Bond (1887)
"If we now use a gauge which is 1-^^ of an inch smaller than one inch in diameter, in the addition to 2^ inches, the tangency is incomplete, for this gauge ..."

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