tangent
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/ˈtændʒənt/
🇬🇧
/ˈtændʒənt/
noun
R
A line that touches a curve at one point but does not cross it.
As they walked around the park, they noticed the path ran straight like a tangent just skimming the edge of the circular pond.
當他們繞著公園散步時，他們注意到小路直直地延伸，像切線一樣僅僅擦過圓形池塘的邊緣。
R
In a right-angled triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the side next to it.
In math class, they learned that the tangent of an angle describes how steep it is.
在數學課上，他們了解到角的正切描述了它有多陡峭。
translation
切線, 正切
詞形變化
Plural
tangents