| NOUN | shape | tangent | a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point |
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| relation | tangent, tan | ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle |
| Sounds | tae'njhahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point. | |
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| Broader | straight line | A line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction |
| Spanish | tangente | |
| Catalan | tangent | |
| Adjectives | tangential | of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent |
| Nouns | tangency | the state of being tangent |
| Meaning | Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle. | |
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| Synonym | tan | |
| Broader | trigonometric function, circular function | function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle |
| Spanish | tangente | |
| Catalan | tangent | |
| Adjectives | tangential | of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent |
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