TACNODE

Etymology

Noun

tacnode (plural tacnodes)

(geometry) 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.

Source: Wiktionary



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BEQUEATH

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