tangent.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 a straight line, curve, or surface that meets another curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not intersect it at that point.
2 the ratio of the sides opposite and adjacent to an angle in a right-angled triangle.

--adj.

1 (of a line or surface) that is a tangent.
2 touching.

at a tangent diverging from a previous course of action or thought etc. (go off at a tangent). tangent galvanometer a galvanometer with a coil through which the current to be measured is passed, its strength being proportional to the tangent of the angle of deflection.

tangency n. [L tangere tangent- touch]

tangent.html - adj.
1 of or along a tangent.
2 divergent.
3 peripheral.

tangentially adv.

tangent.html - n.
(pl. -os) a hybrid of the tangerine and grapefruit. [TANGERINE + POMELO]

tangent.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 a straight line, curve, or surface that meets another curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not intersect it at that point.
2 the ratio of the sides opposite and adjacent to an angle in a right-angled triangle.

--adj.

1 (of a line or surface) that is a tangent.
2 touching.

at a tangent diverging from a previous course of action or thought etc. (go off at a tangent). tangent galvanometer a galvanometer with a coil through which the current to be measured is passed, its strength being proportional to the tangent of the angle of deflection.

tangency n. [L tangere tangent- touch]

tangent.html - adj.
1 of or along a tangent.
2 divergent.
3 peripheral.

tangentially adv.

tangent.html - n.
1 a small sweet orange-coloured citrus fruit with a thin skin; a mandarin.
2 a deep orange-yellow colour. [Tangier in Morocco]