English

Pronunciation
IPA|/'tæn.d��nt/

Noun
en-noun

1. geometry A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
2. 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. Symbol: tan

#:I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about unicycles.

1. A small metal blade by which a clavichord produces sound.

Derived terms
arctangent
cotangent
hyberbolic tangent

Related terms
tangential

Translations
trans-top|in geometry
Catalan: #Catalan|tangent f
Czech: te�na f
Dutch: raaklijn f
Finnish: tangentti
French: tangente f
German: Tangente f
Icelandic: snertill m
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Japanese: �� (����, sessen)
Polish: styczna f
Portuguese: tangente f
Russian: �анген� m
Spanish: tangente f
Telugu: తిర�య��ర�� (tiryagraekha)
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trans-top|in trigonometry
Catalan: #Catalan|tangent f
Czech: tangens#Czech|tangens m
Dutch: tangens m
Finnish: tangentti
French: tangente f
German: Tangens m
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Icelandic: tangens m
Japanese: ������ (tanjento), 正� (����, seisetsu)
Polish: tangens m
Portuguese: tangente f
Spanish: tangente f
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trans-top|nearly unrelated topic
Catalan: #Catalan|tangent f
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Finnish: sivuraide, harhapolku
Polish: punkt wspólny m
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Chinese: 正� (zhèng qiè) (2)
ttbc|Italian: tangente f (1)

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. geometry Touching a curve at a single point but not crossing it at that point.
2. Of a topic, only loosely related to a main topic.

See also
cosine
non sequitur
sine
trigonometry

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