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The tangent line intersects the circumference of a circle at just one point.
A straight line that intersects a circle or curve at two points, but which has both end points outside the circle or curve is called a secant. A straight line that links two points on a circle or curve is called a chord. A straight line which touches a circle or curve at one point is called a tangent. A straight line that cuts a circle or curve at one point is a straight line.* For moving diagrams see Related links below this box.
The various shapes are: point, straight line, circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.
Definition: a tangent is a line that intersects a circle at exactly one point, the point of intersection is the point of contact or the point of tangency. a tangent is a line that intersects a circle at exactly one point, the point of intersection is the (point of contact) or the **point of tangency**.
If a line intersects a circle at exactly one point, it is a tangent to that circle
A tangent line. A line that intersects a circle at two points is a secant.
That's a tangent to the circle.
A tangent.
Point of Tangency
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A tangent line touches the circumference of a circle at just one point but it does not intersect the circle.
No, a tangent is a line that intersects a circle at exactly one point. The radius of a circle is the distance from the center of the circle to any point on the perimeter of the circle.