Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mathematics, a double tangent; a straight line which touches a given curve at two points.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Geom.) Possessing the property of touching at two points.
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- noun mathematics A
line that istangent to acurve at two points
Etymologies
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bi- + tangent
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