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1. (n.) tangent
a line or plane that touches but does not intersect a curve or surface at a point so that it is closer to the curve or surface in the vicinity of the point than any other line or plane drawn through the point.
2. (adj.) tangent
in immediate physical contact; touching; abutting.
3. tangent
touching at a single point, as a tangent in relation to a curve or surface.
4. tangent
in contact along a single line or element, as a plane with a cylinder.
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| Definition of 'Tangent' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tangent
a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
2. (noun) tangent, tan
ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
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1. (noun) tangent
a straight line that meets a curved line without going through it
2. tangent
go off on/at a tangent
to start talking about sth that is not connected with the main topic
Sorry, I went off on a tangent.
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| Definition of 'Tangent' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Tangent
touching; touching at a single point
2. (adj) Tangent
meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces
3. (verb) Tangent
a tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function
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Sense: a line that touches a curve but does not cut it.
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 Afrikaans: raaklyn |
 Arabic: مُماس، ظِل الزاوِيَه |
 Bulgarian: допирателна |
 Brazilian: tangente |
 Czech: tečna |
 German: die Tangente |
 Danish: tangent |
 Greek: εφαπτομένη |
 Spanish: tangente |
 Estonian: puutuja |
 Farsi: مماس |
 Finnish: tangentti |
 French: tangente |
 Hebrew: מֵשִיק |
 Hindi: स्पर्श रेखा |
 Croatian: tangenta, dodirnica |
 Hungarian: érintővonal |
 Indonesian: garis singgung |
 Icelandic: snertill, snertilína |
 Italian: tangente |
 Japanese: 接線 |
 Korean: 접선 |
 Lithuanian: liestinė |
 Latvian: tangente |
 Malay: tangen |
 Dutch: raaklijn |
 Norwegian: tangent |
 Polish: styczna |
 Portuguese: tangente |
 Romanian: tangentă |
 Russian: касательная |
 Slovak: dotyčnica |
 Slovenian: tangenta |
 Serbian: tangenta |
 Swedish: tangent |
 Thai: เส้นตรงหรือเส้นโค้งที่สัม |
 Turkish: teğet |
 Taiwanese: 切線 |
 Ukrainian: тангенс |
 Urdu: لائن جو کسي سطح سے گزرے م |
 Vietnamese: đường tiếp tuyến |
 Chinese: 切线 |
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