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The state of being tangent
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tangency
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Word definitions for tangency in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tangency \Tan"gen*cy\, n. The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts" [syn: contact ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. The state of being tangent; an instance of (something) being tangent. n. The state of being tangent; an instance of (something) being tangent.
Usage examples of tangency.
Those arising out of the intermingling of the interstate and intrastate operations of the same carriers, and the resulting tangency of State with national power.
In the bibliomane's hierarchy, such holy relics of literary tangency eclipse all other factors: binding, edition, rarity, condition.