Tangent - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈtændʒənt|
Brit.
|ˈtæn(d)ʒ(ə)nt|
noun
- a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle (syn: tan)
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle (syn: tan)
Extra examples
...in the middle of her description of her dog's symptoms, she went off on a tangent about its cute behavior...
Let's stay with the topic and not go off at a tangent.
Word forms
noun
singular: tangent
plural: tangents
singular: tangent
plural: tangents
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