Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tangency"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tangency \Tan"gen*cy\, n.
The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tangency
n 1: the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point
or along a line
2: a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch
or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the
contacts" [syn: {contact}]
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