On this page you'll find 5 example sentences with Tangency. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as contact or junction and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Tangency in a sentence
Tangency meaning
The state of being tangent; an instance of (something) being tangent.
Synonyms of Tangency
Using Tangency
- The main meaning on this page is: The state of being tangent; an instance of (something) being tangent.
- Useful related words include: contact, junction, conjunction.
- In the example corpus, tangency often appears in combinations such as: of tangency.
Context around Tangency
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tangency
- In this selection, "tangency" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 33.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, edge and points stand out and add context to how "tangency" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include continuity of tangency and g and point of tangency is called. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tangency" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tangency
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The extouch triangle of a reference triangle has its vertices at the points of tangency of the reference triangle's excircles with its sides (not extended). (26 words)
In the field of computer graphics, these three levels are sometimes called G 0 (continuity of position), G 1 (continuity of tangency), and G 2 (continuity of curvature). (28 words)
Normal line to a curve The line perpendicular to the tangent line to a curve at the point of tangency is called the normal line to the curve at that point. (31 words)
As it passes through the point where the tangent line and the curve meet, called the point of tangency, the tangent line is "going in the same direction" as the curve, and is thus the best straight-line approximation to the curve at that point. (45 words)
If we reciprocate such a polyhedron about its intersphere, the dual polyhedron will share the same edge-tangency points and so must also be canonical; it is the canonical dual, and the two together form a canonical dual pair. (39 words)
Normal line to a curve The line perpendicular to the tangent line to a curve at the point of tangency is called the normal line to the curve at that point. (31 words)
Example sentences (5)
As it passes through the point where the tangent line and the curve meet, called the point of tangency, the tangent line is "going in the same direction" as the curve, and is thus the best straight-line approximation to the curve at that point.
If we reciprocate such a polyhedron about its intersphere, the dual polyhedron will share the same edge-tangency points and so must also be canonical; it is the canonical dual, and the two together form a canonical dual pair.
In the field of computer graphics, these three levels are sometimes called G 0 (continuity of position), G 1 (continuity of tangency), and G 2 (continuity of curvature).
Normal line to a curve The line perpendicular to the tangent line to a curve at the point of tangency is called the normal line to the curve at that point.
The extouch triangle of a reference triangle has its vertices at the points of tangency of the reference triangle's excircles with its sides (not extended).
Common combinations with tangency
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of tangency 4×