SUBTANGENT
\sˈʌbtand͡ʒənt], \sˈʌbtandʒənt], \s_ˈʌ_b_t_a_n_dʒ_ə_n_t]\
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By Oddity Software
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sub'tan-jent, n. (geom.) the part of the axis of a curve contained between the tangent and the ordinate.
By Thomas Davidson
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[L.] (Math.) The part of the axis of a curve intercepted between the ordinate and tangent drawn at any point.
By Henry Percy Smith
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n. The segment of a produced axis intercepted between an ordinate and a tangent, both drawn from the same point in the curve. Thus, let a b be the curve of a parabola, d b the axis, a c the tangent, and a e the ordinate, then the subtangent is c e.
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