tangents

Meaning of tangents

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.

Information about tangents

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of tangents is: tangent.
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Hyphenation of tangents

tan-gents

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • tangents is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with tangents

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