TANGENT
\tˈand͡ʒənt], \tˈandʒənt], \t_ˈa_n_dʒ_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of TANGENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
By Princeton University
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a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
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Touching; touching at a single point
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meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; - said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.
By Oddity Software
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A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
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Touching; touching at a single point
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meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; - said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.
By Noah Webster.
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Touching; in geometry, meeting a curve only at one point, but not cutting it.
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A straight line that meets or touches a circle or curve, but does not cut it; any line or course leading abruptly away from the usual course.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] A right line which touches a curve, but which, when produced, does not cut it, as a c;-in trigonometry, the tangent of an arc is a straight line drawn from one extremity of the arc, and meeting the diameter passing through the other extremity. Thus, let c b be an arc, d b the diameter, then a c is the tangent of the arc c b and of the angle c d b, of which the arc is the measure.
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