contact, tangency
(noun) (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; “they forget to solder the contacts”
tangency
(noun) the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tangency (countable and uncountable, plural tangencies)
The state of being tangent; an instance of (something) being tangent.
Source: Wiktionary
Tan"gen*cy, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
