point of tangency


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point of tangency

[′pȯint əv ′tan·jən·sē]
(civil engineering)
The point at which a road curve or railway curve becomes straight or changes its curvature. Also known as tangent point.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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