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Line Touching Curve At One Point Crossword Clue

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noun

• a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point

• ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

55%10 This type of curve is an example of a roulette curve, which means it is generated by the motion of a point on a curve as it rolls without slipping on another curve.
noun

• the curve resulting from the orthogonal projection of a fixed point on the tangent lines of a given curve.

48%7Point on a curve where the tangent line is parallel to the line connecting the curve's endpoints.
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The Guardian Quick04 Nov 2005 Down 15
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