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Meaning of "tangency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TANGENCY

tangency  [ˈtæŋənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TANGENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tangency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TANGENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tangency in the English dictionary

The definition of tangency in the dictionary is the state of being tangent or of touching at a single point.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TANGENCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
consistency
kənˈsɪstənsɪ
consultancy
kənˈsʌltənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
deficiency
dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
dependency
dɪˈpɛndənsɪ
discrepancy
dɪˈskrɛpənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
occupancy
ˈɒkjʊpənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
presidency
ˈprɛzɪdənsɪ
proficiency
prəˈfɪʃənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
residency
ˈrɛzɪdənsɪ
tendency
ˈtɛndənsɪ
transparency
trænsˈpærənsɪ
vacancy
ˈveɪkənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TANGENCY

tang
tanga
Tanganyika
Tanganyikan
tangata tiriti
tangata whenua
Tange
tangelo
tangence
tangent
tangent galvanometer
tangental
tangentally
tangential
tangential point
tangentiality
tangentially
tangerine
tanghin
tanghinin

WORDS THAT END LIKE TANGENCY

ad agency
advertising agency
aid agency
contingency
credit agency
employment agency
energy efficiency
Environment Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
estate agency
Food Standards Agency
insurgency
intelligence agency
interagency
law enforcement agency
news agency
relief agency
state of emergency
the point of tangency
travel agency
urgency

Synonyms and antonyms of tangency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tangency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TANGENCY

Find out the translation of tangency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tangency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tangency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

相切
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tangencia
570 millions of speakers

English

tangency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्पर्शज्यात्व
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تماس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

касание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tangência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tangency
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tangente
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangency
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Berührungs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

接触
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

접선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tangency
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiếp tuyến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடுவரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पर्शिका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

teğetliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tangenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

styczność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

торкання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tangență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επαφής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tangency
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tangerings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tangency
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tangency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TANGENCY»

The term «tangency» is regularly used and occupies the 68.538 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TANGENCY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tangency

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TANGENCY»

Discover the use of tangency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tangency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Tangency, Flow Invariance for Differential Equations, and ...
Four useful appendices supply the methods used throughout the book, making it a totally self-referential and self-contained unit. Features many results that are exclusive to the authors."
Nicolae H. Pavel, Dumitru Motreanu, 1999
2
Proceedings of the 1984 Vancouver Conference in Algebraic ...
Conference Proceedings Volume 6 (1986) TANGENCY AND DUALITY Steven L. Kleiman PREFACE. The title "Tangency and Duality over Arbitrary Fields" was given by Wallace to the article in which he pioneered the study of the similarities  ...
James B. Carrell, A. V. Geramita, Peter Russell, 1986
3
Modern Portfolio Theory: Foundations, Analysis, and New ...
c07uf002 It can beshown thatif,thena tangency portfolio ontheefficient frontier doesnot exist(butone does existon the negatively sloped or bottom half of the minimum variance boundary). Only when will a tangency portfolioonthe efficient ...
Jack Clark Francis, Dongcheol Kim, 2013
4
Hyperbolicity and Sensitive Chaotic Dynamics at Homoclinic ...
In the last two sections we shall also assume the diffeomorphism to be locally dissipative: the product of the eigenvalues at the saddle associated to the homoclinic tangency is smaller than 1. There we show the existence of cascades of period ...
Jacob Palis, Floris Takens, 1995
5
Hedge Funds: An Analytic Perspective
corresponds to the tangency portfolio of the efficient frontier for a given liquidity threshold lo. The numerical value of the threshold (in percent) is displayed next to the tangency point, and the position of each point is projected onto the ...
Andrew W. Lo, 2010
6
Digital signal processing and control and estimation theory: ...
The purpose of this book is to explore several specific areas of research in two distinct but related fields: digital signal processing and modern control and estimation theory.
Alan S. Willsky, 1979
7
Nonlinear Magnetization Dynamics in Nanosystems
At the point of tangency, the normal to the constant-energy surface described by Eq. (4.3) is parallel to the normal to the unit sphere. Since the former coincides with the direction of the effective field heff and the latter with the direction of m, one ...
Isaak D. Mayergoyz, Giorgio Bertotti, Claudio Serpico, 2009
8
LiveEcon Microeconomics 2007
Provided that a consumer has well- behaved preferences, and provided that the optimal choice involves positive quantities of both goods, equilibrium for the consumer is characterised by a tangency between the budget line and the ...
Faulkner, Runde, Taylor
9
Defending Copernicus and Galileo: Critical Reasoning in the ...
The theorem is the claim that as we get very close to the point of tangency, the ratio of an exsecant to the corresponding segment between the tangent and a line intersecting it at any acute angle however small decreases in direct proportion to ...
Maurice A. Finocchiaro, 2010
10
Architectural Acoustics: Principles and Practice
JWBT181-Cavanaugh September 1, 2009 9:51 BUILDING NOISE CONTROL APPLICATIONS Figure 3.4 NC (noise criteria) curves, corresponding A-weighted sound pressure levels, and a sample NC-38 (SIL), NC-43 (tangency) spectrum.
William J. Cavanaugh, Gregory C. Tocci, Joseph A. Wilkes, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TANGENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tangency is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Public notices for Leelanau County
... Southwesterly along said curve 81.54 feet to the point of tangency (sub-chord bears South 08 degrees 06 minutes 20 seconds West, 80.88 feet), thence South ... «Leelanau Enterprise, Jul 15»
2
Create surfaces with varying tangency in SolidWorks
This video tutorial by Hawk Ridge Systems application engineer Ryan Navarro shows how to create a surface with a varying degree of tangency to an edge. «Design ENGINEERING, Feb 15»
3
Apple's Jony Ive digested: 23 things we've learned
... the design and smooth out the corners of the iPhone app icons. He says: “They drove me crazy. All I could see were these unresolved tangency breaks”. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
4
Stick to the FACTS: A Framework for Evaluating Investments
A stable correlation matrix is required if investors want to get stable estimates for tangency portfolio weights as prescribed by mean–variance-optimization ... «CFA Institute Enterprising Investor, Jan 15»
5
LinkedIn bliver udfordret af fora for soldater, lærere og læger
Den administrerende direktør hos Doximity, Jeff Tangency, siger, at hans firmas brugerbase er vokset så eksplosivt i de fire år, der er gået, siden han grundlagde ... «Politiken.dk, Nov 14»
6
If Doug Ford is elected, will he actually be able to build all those …
“That would be the one thing where there would be some tangency between his program and what council might be interested in,” Miller says. But the tunnelling ... «Toronto Life, Oct 14»
7
Master Splines in SolidWorks – Part 1
The user can also weight the tangency and control the vector at each through point. These controls give a B-Spline the capability of making very complex curves ... «Design ENGINEERING, Jul 14»
8
Get to Know a Projection: The Space-Oblique Mercator
Caption: Snyder's Space-Oblique Projection. Notice the sinewave-like path of tangency. Distortion within 100 nautical miles of this line is less than .01 percent. «Wired, Jun 14»
9
CFA Recommends March of Dimes Silver Dollar Designs
The CFA recommended modifying the design by shifting the dime away from the edge of the to coin to avoid an awkward tangency of circles. They further ... «Coin Update News, Jun 14»
10
Ask GGW: Why is there no Silver Line station at Wolf Trap?
... Wolf Trap station, the current project includes accommodations necessary to allow the addition of a future passenger station, including a vertical tangency (flat ... «Greater Greater Washington, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tangency [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tangency>. Apr 2024 ».
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