Tangence

"Tangence" in a Sentence (3 examples)

The points of intangence, or extangence, of two circumferences are the points of tangence of their intangents, or extangents.

[…]to assure the belt passes only through said points of tangence,[…].

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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