单词 | tangency |
释义 | tangencyn. The quality or condition of being tangent; state of contact. problem of tangencies, in old Geometry, a problem in which it is required to describe a circle passing through given points, and touching straight lines or circles the position of which is given, the data being limited to three. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity toucha1398 contingence1561 concourse1570 admotion1603 collaterage1610 contact1626 contaction1628 contiguousness1639 contingencya1646 contiguity1648 concurrence1656 osculation1669 abuttal1797 tangency1813 touching1842 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Tangencies (Problem of). 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Tangencies The treatise on tangencies was restored by Vieta. 1867 F. H. Ludlow Little Brother 34 The wildest point of tangency which Man's railroads make with Weaver's woods. 1895 H. P. Stokes in Athenæum 16 Nov. 690/1 Points of tangency between certain Elizabethan celebrities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1813 |
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