tangent
🇺🇸
/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.
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.
translation
A line that touches a curve at one point but does not cross it.; 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.
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Plural
tangents