What is the property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction called?
contact — (Geom.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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