| T.C. |
The point of change in alignment from
tangent to circular curve. |
| C.T. |
The point of change from circular
curve to tangent. |
| C.C. |
The point of change in degree of circular
curve; the point of compound curve, the point of reverse curve. |
| T.S. |
The point of change from tangent to spiral. |
| S.C. |
The point of change from spiral to circular curve. |
| C.S. |
The point of change from circular curve to spiral. |
| S.T. |
The point of change from spiral to tangent. |
| S.S. |
The point of change from one spiral to another. |
| a |
The angle between the tangent at the
T.S. and the chord from the T.S. to any point on the spiral. |
| A |
The angle between the tangent at the
T.S. And the chord from the T.S. and the S.C. |
| b |
The angle at any point on the spiral,
between the tangent at that point and the chord from the T.S. |
| B |
The angle at the S.C. between the
chord from the T.S. and the tangent at the S.C. |
| c |
The chord from the T.C. to any point
of the spiral. |
| C |
The chord from the T.S. to the S.C. |
| d |
The degree of curve at any point on
the spiral. |
| D |
The degree of central circular curve. |
| I |
The angle between the initial and
final tangents; the total central angle of circular curve and spirals. |
| k |
The increase in degree of curve per
station on the spiral. |
| l |
The length of the spiral in feet from
the T.S. to any given point. |
| L |
The length of the spiral in feet from
the T.S. to the S.C. |
| o |
The ordinate of the offset T.C.; the
distance between the tangent and a parallel tangent to the offset curve. |
| r |
The radius of the osculation circle
at any given point of the spiral. |
| R |
The radius of the central circular
curve. |
| s |
The length of the spiral in stations
from the T.S. to any given point. |
| S |
The length of the spiral in stations
from the T.S. to the S.C. |
| u |
The distance of the tangent from the
T.S. to the intersection with a tangent through any given point of the
spiral. |
| U |
The distance of the tangent from the
T.S. to the intersection with a tangent through the S.C.; the longer spiral
tangent. |
| v |
The distance on the tangent through
any given point from that point to the intersection with the tangent through
the T.S. |
| V |
The distance on the tangent through
the S.C. from the S.C. to the intersection with the tangent through the
T.S.; the shorter spiral tangent. |
| x |
The abscissa or tangent distance of
any given point, referred to the T.S. |
| X |
The abscissa or tangent distance of
the S.C., referred to the T.S. |
| y |
The ordinate or tangent offset of
any point on the spiral. |
| Y |
The ordinate or tangent offset of
the S.C. |
| Z |
The abscissa or tangent distance of
the offset, T.C. referred to the T.S. |
 |
The central angle of the spiral from
the T.S. to any given point. |
 |
The central angle of the whole spiral. |
| Ts |
The tangent distance of the spiraled
curve; distance from T.S. to P.I. (point of intersection of tangents). |
| Es |
The external distance of the offset
curve. |