Defenition of the word tangent

• Defenition of the word tangent

  • A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
  • ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side
  • a straight line that touches but does not intersect a curve
  • ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
  • a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point

Hypernyms for the word tangent

• • circular function
  • straight line
  • trigonometric function

Idioms for the word tangent

• • go off on tangents

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