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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Tangent" Definition
noun
A line, curve, or surface meeting another line, curve, or surface at a common point and sharing a common tangent line or tangent plane at that point.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A sudden digression or change of course: went off on a tangent during the courtroom argument.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Mathematics The trigonometric function of an acute angle in a right triangle that is the ratio of the length of the side opposite the angle to the length of the side adjacent to the angle.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Music An upright pin in a keyboard instrument, especially in a clavichord, that rises to sound a string when a key is depressed and stops the string at a preset length to set the pitch.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
The trigonometric function that for an acute angle is the ratio between the leg opposite to the angle when it is considered part of a right triangle and the leg adjacent.
Source: Merriam-Webster
adjective
Irrelevant.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Making contact at a single point or along a line; touching but not intersecting.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Meeting a curve or surface in a single point if a sufficiently small interval is considered.
Source: Merriam-Webster
Having a common tangent line at a point.
Source: Merriam-Webster
Having a common tangent plane at a point.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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