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Tangency

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• Tangent

  adjective 1. in immediate physical contact; touching. 2. Geometry. touching at a single point, as a tangent in relation to a curve or surface. in contact along a single line or element, as a plane with a cylinder. 3. tangential (def 3). noun 4. Geometry. a line or a plane that touches a curve or […]

• Tangental

  adjective 1. pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent. 2. merely touching; slightly connected: tangential information. 3. divergent or digressive, as from a subject under consideration: tangential remarks. 4. tending to digress or to reply to questions obliquely. adjective 1. of, being, relating to, […]

• Tangentally

  adjective 1. pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent. 2. merely touching; slightly connected: tangential information. 3. divergent or digressive, as from a subject under consideration: tangential remarks. 4. tending to digress or to reply to questions obliquely. adjective 1. of, being, relating to, […]

• Tangent galvanometer

  noun 1. a type of galvanometer having a vertical coil of wire with a horizontal magnetic needle at its centre. The current to be measured is passed through the coil and produces a proportional magnetic field which deflects the needle

• Tangential

  adjective 1. pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent. 2. merely touching; slightly connected: tangential information. 3. divergent or digressive, as from a subject under consideration: tangential remarks. 4. tending to digress or to reply to questions obliquely. adjective 1. of, being, relating to, […]

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