tangent

Meaning of tangent

noun
  1. A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
  2. A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
  3. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
    I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party.
  4. A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
adjective
  1. Touching a curve at a single point but not crossing it at that point.
  2. Of a topic, only loosely related to a main topic.

Information about tangent

  • The plural form of tangent is: tangents.
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Hyphenation of tangent

tan-gent

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • tangent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

tangent synonyms

Meaning tan:

tan

Translation of tangent

Anagrams of tangent

Gannett

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