"tangency" meaning in English

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        {
          "word": "point of tangency"
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          "word": "tangency portfolio"
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        {
          "ref": "1999, H. Flenner, L. O′Carroll, W. Vogel, Joins and Intersections, page 131:",
          "text": "In this section we will apply the concept of connectedness in dimension d to study tangencies of algebraic varieties.",
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          "ref": "2004, David A. Madsen et al., Engineering Drawing & Design, 3rd edition, page 160:",
          "text": "To be tangent to a circle or arc, a line must touch the circle or arc at only one point, and a line drawn from the center of the circle or arc must be perpendicular to the tangent line at the point of tangency. (See Figure 6.82.)",
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          "ref": "2011, Steven E. Landsburg, Price Theory and Applications, 8th edition, page 83:",
          "text": "If the original tangency is at A, then the new tangency cannot be at O or P, as either possibility would require two indifference curves to cross.[…]Instead, the new tangency is at a point like B.",
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        "The state of being tangent; an instance of (something) being tangent."
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  "word": "tangency"
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