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PRONUNCIATION OF THE POINT OF TANGENCY

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WHAT DOES THE POINT OF TANGENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of the point of tangency in the English dictionary

The definition of the point of tangency in the dictionary is the point or area that two things intersect or have things in common.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE POINT OF TANGENCY

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the pinch
the Pinta
the pipes
the pit
the pits
the platteland
the Pleistocene
the Pliocene
the Plough
the point of no return
the Pointers
the poky
the Pole Star
the pole vault
the police
the Potteries
the powers that be
the pox
the Preacher

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE POINT OF TANGENCY

advertising agency
agency
aid agency
contingency
credit agency
currency
emergency
employment agency
Environmental Protection Agency
estate agency
Food Standards Agency
insurgency
intelligence agency
interagency
law enforcement agency
news agency
regency
relief agency
state of emergency
travel agency
urgency

Synonyms and antonyms of the point of tangency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the point of tangency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE POINT OF TANGENCY

Find out the translation of the point of tangency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the point 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 «the point of tangency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

切点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el punto de tangencia
570 millions of speakers

English

the point of tangency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्पर्शज्यात्व की बात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقطة التماس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

точка касания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o ponto de tangência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্পর্শকাতর বিন্দু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le point de tangence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Titik tangency
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

der Berührungspunkt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

接点
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

접선 지점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Titik tangency
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điểm của tiếp tuyến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தற்செயல் புள்ளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पर्शिकेचा बिंदू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Teğet noktası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

il punto di tangenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

punkt styczności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

точка торкання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

punctul de tangență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το σημείο επαφής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die raakpunt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tangentpunkten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

den tangeringspunkt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the point of tangency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE POINT OF TANGENCY»

The term «the point of tangency» is regularly used and occupies the 59.316 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE POINT OF TANGENCY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE POINT OF TANGENCY»

Discover the use of the point of tangency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the point of tangency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Microeconomics: Principles and Policy
We can see why only the point of tangency, T (two boxes of rubber bands and three pounds of cheese), will give the consumer the largest utility that his money can buy. Suppose that the consumer were instead to consider buying 31⁄2 boxes of ...
William Baumol, Alan Blinder, 2008
2
Economics: A Contemporary Introduction
Point b depicts the lowest average cost along ATC1. So, while the point of tangency reflects the least-cost way of producing a particular rate of output, that tangency point does not reflect the minimum average cost for this particular plant size.
William A. McEachern, 2008
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Microeconomics: A Contemporary Introduction
Point b depicts the lowest average cost along ATC1. So, while the point of tangency reflects the least-cost way of producing a particular rate of output, that tangency point does not reflect the minimum average cost for this particular plant size.
William A. McEachern, 2008
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Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics ...
y x Figure 2.14 y x Figure 2.13 General Rule for Tangent Lines Lines tangent to a smooth, nonlinear graph do not cut through the graph at the point of tangency and lie completely on one side of the graph near the point of tangency except at an ...
Donald R. LaTorre, John W. Kenelly, Iris B. Reed, 2011
5
Sources of Hyperbolic Geometry
When a general and a special measure are tangential, as above, then it is obvious that the point of tangency is the fourth harmonic point of the two fundamental points of the general measure and the doubly-counted fundamental point of the ...
John Stillwell, 1996
6
The American practical navigator : an epitome of navigation
projections, great circles through the point of tangency appear as straight lines. Other circles such as meridians and parallels appear as either circles or arcs of circles. The principal navigational use of the stereographic projection is for charts  ...
Nathaniel Bowditch, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, 2002
7
Engineering Drawing and Design
The point of tangency is found by constructing a line from the center of the circle 90° to the tangent line. (b) Two tangent circles. A line drawn between the circles centers establishes the point of tangency where the line intersects the circles.
David Madsen, 2011
8
Managerial Economics
... indicated by points of tangency between respective indifference curves and budget constraints. If an individual has the funds indicated by budget constraint B1, the optimal consumption combination occurs at point A, the point of tangency  ...
Mark Hirschey, 2008
9
An Expository Sketch of a New Theory of the Calculus
Therefore, y', or the rate of increase of the ordinate of the curve y = f(x), takes, beyond the point of tangency, if y is an increasing function of a;, a value greater than the one it possesses at that point; since, otherwise, the ordinate of the curve  ...
William Batchelder Greene, 1859
10
Hypersonic Inviscid Flow
Also, it may be shown that the vertex must lie on the convex or upstream side of the free layer and that the point of tangency must exist. Two cases now exist, that for which the point of tangency lies in the part of the free layer downstream of the  ...
Wallace D. Hayes, Ronald F. Probstein, Ronald R. Probstein, 2004

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE POINT OF TANGENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the point of tangency is used in the context of the following news items.
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Public notices for Leelanau County
ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ... thence Southwesterly along said curve 81.54 feet to the point of tangency (sub-chord ... «Leelanau Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Public Notices
ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ... thence Southwesterly along said curve 81.54 feet to the point of tangency (sub-chord ... «Leelanau Enterprise, Jul 15»
3
March Astronomy: Venus, Jupiter, Sirius and Canopus Are This …
By March 11 or 12, the star reaches its high point only about an hour after sunset. ... at the point of tangency of a horizontal plane tangent to the top of the globe. «Coachella Valley Independent, Feb 15»
4
Better core allocations: Feasible modern portfolio theory via risk parity
... level of risk-adjusted return available given their opportunity set, and is determined as the point of tangency between the risk-free rate and the efficient frontier. «Pensions & Investments, Jan 13»
5
Edge of the World
There are interesting frictions and incongruities in these places, and often, if you stand at the point of tangency, you can see both sides better than if you were in ... «Foreign Policy, Jan 13»

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