tangent

[US]/'tæn(d)ʒ(ə)nt/
[UK]/'tændʒənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. related to a tangent line, touching at a single point;
n. a straight line that touches a curve at a single point, or the trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the side opposite the given angle to the side adjacent

Phrases & Collocations

tangent line

tangent point

tangent function

tangent plane

tangent modulus

hyperbolic tangent

arc tangent

loss tangent

tangent space

tangent vector

tangent method

tangent length

base tangent length

Example Sentences

tangent adjacent to switch rail

Loretta's mind went off at a tangent .

went off on a tangent during the courtroom argument.

The tangent, binormal, and normal attributes represent the coordinate axes of the tangent space surrounding each vertex.

The formula of the curve tangent slope at some peculiar point in the orthograph on the stereoscopic surface intersecting line and the method of making tangent are given as well.

An application programmer must supply a tangent, binormal, and normal at each vertex.

Objective:To investigate the methods of locate curative position of tangent field in breast cancer isocenter irradiation.

One moment the professor is working hard on a problem in physics, the next he’s gone off at a tangent and he’s talking about bees.

The sensitivity of denierer cannot be impr-oved but the shim thickness of it ensures the minimum size of strand silk be tangent to with both sides of gauges.

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