noun🔗ShareA straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there."Imagine drawing a straight line on a soccer ball; the line would be one of many tangents to the ball's curved surface. "mathtechnicalpointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg."In trigonometry class, we learned that tangents relate angles to the ratios of sides in right triangles. "mathfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA 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 monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party."communicationlanguagewritingpointwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound."The clavichord player carefully adjusted the tangents to ensure each note rang clearly. "musicpartdevicemachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
