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tangent

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Noun

ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point

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arc cotangent arc tangent arccotangent arctangent cotangent inverse cotangent inverse tangent tangent tangent plane tangential more...
Words contain "tangent" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
inverse tangent arctangent arctan arc tangent tangent plane osculation tangent tangency asymptote curvature more...

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