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Word: tangent
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- geometry Touching a curve at a single point but not crossing it at that point.
- Of a topic, only loosely related to a main topic.
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Noun:
- A small metal blade by which a clavichord produces sound.
- A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
- geometry A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
- mathematics The ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers.-->
- 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. Symbols: tan, tg
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