In geometry, tangent circles (also known as kissing circles) are circles in a common plane that intersect in a single point. There are two types of tangency: internal and external. Many problems and constructions in geometry are related to tangent circles; such problems often have real-life applications such as trilateration and maximizing the use of materials.
a tangent line to a circle is a line that touches the circle at exactly one point, never entering the circle's interior. Tangent lines to circles form...
geometry, tangentcircles (also known as kissing circles) are circles in a common plane that intersect in a single point. There are two types of tangency: internal...
In geometry, the tangent line (or simply tangent) to a plane curve at a given point is, intuitively, the straight line that "just touches" the curve at...
case of mutually tangentcircles; the base line can be thought of as a circle with infinite radius. Systems of mutually tangentcircles were studied by...
Apollonian circles. These five circles are separated from each other by six curved triangular regions, each bounded by the arcs from three pairwise-tangent circles...
r_{1}=|EM_{1}|} the circles touch each other at point E {\displaystyle E} inside (both circles on the same side of the common tangent line). In case of...
generalised circles are actually circles: a generalised circle is either a (true) circle or a line. The tangent line through a point P on the circle is perpendicular...
corresponding diameters, which are thus parallel; see tangent lines to two circles for details. If the circles fall on opposite sides of the line, it passes through...
plane geometry, Apollonius's problem is to construct circles that are tangent to three given circles in a plane (Figure 1). Apollonius of Perga (c. 262...
ring of circles between two tangentcircles investigated by Pappus of Alexandria in the 3rd century AD. The arbelos is defined by two circles, CU and...
The circle packing theorem (also known as the Koebe–Andreev–Thurston theorem) describes the possible tangency relations between circles in the plane whose...
In shape analysis, skeleton (or topological skeleton) of a shape is a thin version of that shape that is equidistant to its boundaries. The skeleton usually...
In geometry, the Malfatti circles are three circles inside a given triangle such that each circle is tangent to the other two and to two sides of the triangle...
circle packing, a Doyle spiral is a pattern of non-crossing circles in the plane in which each circle is surrounded by a ring of six tangentcircles....
inscribed circle, and these circles are tangent to each other exactly when the faces they lie in share an edge. (Not all systems of circles with these...
using these circles of Apollonius. Apollonius' problem is to construct circles that are simultaneously tangent to three specified circles. The solutions...
curvature of the given curve at that point. This circle, which is the one among all tangentcircles at the given point that approaches the curve most...
mutually tangent quadruples of circles. Any triangle has three externally tangentcircles centered at its vertices. Two more circles, its Soddy circles, are...
An overlapping circles grid is a geometric pattern of repeating, overlapping circles of an equal radius in two-dimensional space. Commonly, designs are...
incircle or inscribed circle of a triangle is the largest circle that can be contained in the triangle; it touches (is tangent to) the three sides. The...
most widely used in modern mathematics are the sine, the cosine, and the tangent functions. Their reciprocals are respectively the cosecant, the secant...
circle Schoch circles Spieker circleTangentcircles Taylor circle Twin circles Unit circle Van Lamoen circle Villarceau circles Woo circlesCircle-derived...
of n circles exists for two given circles α and β, then there is an infinite number of closed Steiner chains of n circles; and any circletangent to α...
(sometimes just tangent quadrilateral) or circumscribed quadrilateral is a convex quadrilateral whose sides all can be tangent to a single circle within the...