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1. i., s. teğet, tanjant. tanjant, teget. teğet. teğet. i., s. teğet, tanjant. teğet. teğet. teget. teğet, tanjant. teğet.
2. tanjant/teğet, konuya bağlı kalma; teğet kabilinden, geom; tanjant, go off at a tangent birden konu değiştirmek, tangencyteğet geçme; s, dokunan; i, teğet, geom.
3. tanjant. teğet.
4. dokunan. teğet kabilinden.
5. teğet.
6. tanjant. teget.

Etymology : Latin tangent-, tangens, present participle of tangere to touch; perhaps akin to Old English thaccian to touch gently, stroke
Pronunciation : -j&nt
Function : adjective
Date : 1594

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1. line or curve that touches but does not intersect with another line or curve (Geometry). touching at a single point (Geometry); irrelevant, divergent. tangent\tan"gent\, a. [l. tangens, -entis, p. pr.] touching; touching at a single point; specifically (geom.) meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.tangent plane (geom.), a plane which touches a surface in a point or line.tangent scale (gun.), a kind of breech sight for a cannon.tangent screw (mach.), an endless screw; a worm.tangent \tan"gent\ , n. [l. tangens, -entis, p. pr. of tangere to touch; akin to gr. having seized: cf. f. tangente. cf. attain, contaminate, contingent, entire, tact, taste, tax, v. t.] (geom.) a tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. see: trigonometrical function, under function.
2. A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced.
3. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
4. Touching; touching at a single point meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces. 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.
5. 1. A tangent is a line that touches the edge of a curve or circle at one point, but does not cross it.
6. If someone goes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before. The conversation went off at a tangent.