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No. A tangent touches the circle at exactly one point. A line that intersects a circle at exactly two points is a secant.
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if that line segment intersects the centre of the circle it is called a radius.
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Such a line is called a tangent line or a tangent to the circle. [Tangent is Latin for touching-- a tangent line touches the circle at just one point. ]