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tangent of circle
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The tangent of circle may be defined by using whatever of the below three characterisations.
The tangent of a circle is a line
Note. The tangent of ellipse may also be defined by using the third characterisation.
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"tangent of circle" is owned by pahio.
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Cross-references: ellipse, curve, point, circumference, end point, passes through, perpendicular, radius, circle, centre, distance, line, characterisations
There are 3 references to this entry.
This is version 4 of tangent of circle, born on 2007-10-24, modified 2007-10-24.
Object id is 10013, canonical name is TangentOfCircle.
Accessed 856 times total.
Classification:
| AMS MSC: | 51-00 (Geometry :: General reference works ) | | | 51M15 (Geometry :: Real and complex geometry :: Geometric constructions) |
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Pending Errata and Addenda
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