Etymology

tacnode

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Today it means: A point of a curve where two or more osculating circles to the curve at that point are tangent, so that two branches of the curve have ordinary tangency at the double point. Full definition →

Latin tactus
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  1. Latin · derived fromtactus
  2. English todaytacnode

Latin tactus + English node

Words from the same roots

Latintactus all →

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