tangent

Noun

tangent (plural tangents)

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
3. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.

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

7 letters in word "tangent": A E G N N T T.

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Words found within tangent:

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