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(tăn′jən-sē) also tan·gence (-jəns)

The condition of being tangent.

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Noun	1.	tangency - the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing contact - the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"
	2.	tangency - (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts" contact breaker point, distributor point, point - a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs electrical contact - contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another junction, conjunction - something that joins or connects p-n junction - the junction between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor; "a p-n junction has marked rectifying characteristics" short circuit, short - accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference sound bow - contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes terminal, pole - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves tread - the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground contact arm, wiper arm, wiper - contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet electronics - the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices

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(i) In the range of parameters [mathematical expression not reproducible] is between [h'.sub.1] (0) = [[lambda].sub.1] [b.sup.2] and [h'.sub.2] (0) = [[lambda].sub.2] [b.sup.2], so the point of tangency [[??].sub.I], if it exists, should be between [r.sub.I] and [r.sub.II] in order to make the integral area surrounded by [mathematical expression not reproducible] be equal to the integral area surrounded by f([[??].sub.I]) and [0, [[??].sub.I]], rather than being larger than [r.sub.II] as supposed; see Figure 14(a).

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Since P[??]' is the point of tangency associated with PS and the tangential hyperplane P[??] + W, the vector P[??]' is orthogonal to the subspace W with respect to the inner product [(*, *).sub.D] induced by D.

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The volatility and the expected return at the tangency point on the efficient frontier are a function on the expected returns, r, of the assets in the portfolio, the expected excess returns of the assets above the risk-free rate, [r.sub.i.sup.T] = [[r.sub.1] - [r.sub.fi],..., [r.sub.N] - [r.sub.fi]], and the inverse of the variance-covariance matrix of the assets, [S.sup.-1].