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tangent

Noun

Singular
tangent

Plural
tangents

tangent (plural tangents)

  1. (geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
  2. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite the angle to the length of the side adjacent to the angle. Symbol: tan
  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 unicycles.

7 letters in word "tangent": A E G N N T T.

No anagrams for tangent found in this word list.

Words found within tangent:

ae ag age agen agent an ane anent ann ant ante at ate att ea ean eat en eng et eta etat etna gae gaen gan gane gannet gant gat gate gean geat gen gena gent get geta gnat na nae nag nan nat ne neat neg net nett ta tae tag tan tane tang tat tate te tea teat teg ten tenant tenga tent tet

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