English Explanatory Dictionary

tacnode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tacnode.wav

Word forms

tacnode tacnodes

Etymology

Latin tactus + English node

Related words

oscnode
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