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   tangent

   /ˈtan(d)ʒ(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point.
   • 2. a completely different line of thought or action: "Loretta's mind went off at a tangent"
   • 3. the trigonometric function that is equal to the ratio of the sides (other than the hypotenuse) opposite and adjacent to an angle in a right-angled triangle.

   adjective

   • 1. (of a line or plane) touching, but not intersecting, a curve or curved surface: "this curve is tangent to the average cost curve"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in tangent (sense 3 of the noun) and as an adjective): from Latin tangent- ‘touching’, from the verb tangere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tangency noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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