tangent

tan·gent  (tnjnt) adj. 1. Making contact at a single point or along a line; touching but not intersecting. 2. Irrelevant. n. 1. A line, curve, or surface meeting another line, curve, or surface at a common point and sharing a common tangent line or tangent plane at that point. 2. Abbr. tan Mathematics The trigonometric function of an acute angle in a right triangle that is the ratio of the length of the side opposite the angle to the length of the side adjacent to the angle. 3. A sudden digression or change of course: went off on a tangent during the courtroom argument. 4. Music An upright pin in a keyboard instrument, especially in a clavichord, that rises to sound a string when a key is depressed and stops the string at a preset length to set the pitch. [Latin (lnea) tangns, tangent-, touching (line), present participle of tangere, to touch; see tag- in Indo-European roots.]

tangent tan = a/b

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tangent

Noun

1. a line, curve, or plane that touches another curve or surface at one point but does not cross it

2. (in trigonometry) the ratio of the length of the opposite side to that of the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

3. go off at a tangent suddenly take a completely different line of thought or action

Adjective

1. of or involving a tangent

2. touching at a single point [Latin linea tangens the touching line]

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tangent  (tnjnt)

1. A line, curve, or surface touching but not intersecting another.

2. The ratio of the length of the side opposite an acute angle in a right triangle to the side adjacent to the angle. The tangent of an angle is equal to the sine of the angle divided by the cosine of the angle.

3. The ratio of the ordinate to the abscissa of the endpoint of an arc of a unit circle centered at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system, the arc being of length x and measured counterclockwise from the point (1, 0) if x is positive or clockwise if x is negative.

4. A function of a number x, equal to the tangent of an angle whose measure in radians is equal to x.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tangent - a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point straight line - a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature; "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line"
	2.	tangent - ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle tan circular function, trigonometric function - function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle

Translations

tangent [ˈtændʒənt] n (MATH) → tangente f;

to go off at a tangent (fig) → salirse por la tangente

tangent [ˈtændʒənt] n (Math) → tangente f;

to go off at a tangent (fig) → partir dans une digression

tangent [ˈtændʒənt] n (Math) → Tangente f;

to go off at a tangent (fig) → vom Thema abschweifen

tangent [ˈtændʒənt] n (MATH) → tangente f;

to go off at a tangent (fig) → partire per la tangente

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tangent

n tangent [ˈtӕndʒənt]

a line that touches a curve but does not cut it. raaklyn مُماس، ظِل الزاوِيَه допирателна tečna tangent die Tangente εφαπτομένη tangente puutuja مماس tangentti tangente מֵשִיק स्पर्श रेखा tangenta, dodirnica érintővonal garis singgung snertill, snertilína tangente 接線 접선 liestinė tangente tangen raaklijn tangent styczna tangente tangentă касательная dotyčnica tangenta tangenta tangent เส้นตรงหรือเส้นโค้งที่สัมผัสกับเส้นตรง/โค้งอื่นแต่ไม่ตัดกัน teğet 切線 тангенс لائن جو کسي سطح سے گزرے مگر قطع نہ کرتي ہو đường tiếp tuyến 切线

go off at a tangent

to go off suddenly in another direction or on a different line of thought, action etc It is difficult to have a sensible conversation with her, as she keeps going off at a tangent. van koers verander يَشُطُّ عن المَوضوع отплесвам се odbočit od tématu ryge ud ad en tangent plötzlich den Gegenstand wechseln αλλάζω απότομα θέμα salir por la tangente, irse por los cerros de Úbeda (teemast) kõrvale hüppama ناگهان تغییر جهت دادن joutua sivuraiteille prendre la tangente לִסטוֹת פִּתאוֹם מִן הַנוֹשֵׂא अचानक विषय बदल लेना naglo se udaljiti od teme razgovora hirtelen más tárgyra tér menyimpang skipta skyndilega um stefnu/umræðuefni (partire per la tangente) わき道にそれる (행동·생각이) 갑자기 옆길로 틀어지다 nukrypti (nuo temos), pasukti/mestis į kitą pusę pēkšņi mainīt tēmu; negaidīti dīvaini izturēties menyimpang een gedachtesprong maken komme bort fra emnet nagle zmieniać temat/kierunek itd. sair pela tangente a sări de la una la alta внезапно отклоняться (от темы) odbočiť od témy skreniti drugam naglo promeniti temu hoppa över till ngt annat ผลุนผลันออกไปในเส้นทางอื่นหรือแนวความคิดที่ต่างกัน birden konu/fikir/söz değiştirmek 突然改變方向(或話題) раптом відхилитися ايک موضوع سے دوسرے موضوع ميں جانا đi lạc chủ đề 突然改变方向（或话题）