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tritangent

tritangent noun: a line that is tangent to a curve at three points.

Noun

tritangent (plural tritangents)

  1. A line that is tangent to a curve at three points.

Forms of tritangent

pluraltritangents

Origin of tritangent

From tri- + tangent.

Questions about tritangent

What does tritangent mean?
Tritangent means a line that is tangent to a curve at three points.
What part of speech is tritangent?
Tritangent is a noun.
What is the plural of tritangent?
The plural of tritangent is tritangents.

Words near tritangent in the dictionary

  1. tritactic
  2. Tritaea
  3. tritagonist
  4. tritagonists
  5. tritan
  6. tritangent
  7. tritangential
  8. tritangents
  9. tritanol
  10. tritanomalies
  11. tritanomalous

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