noun🔗ShareTangentesA 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. "Imaginez tracer une ligne droite sur un ballon de football ; la ligne serait l'une des nombreuses tangentes à la surface incurvée du ballon.mathtechnicalpointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTangenteA 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. "En cours de trigonométrie, nous avons appris que les tangentes relient les angles aux rapports des côtés dans les triangles rectangles.mathfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDigression, apartéA 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."Je crois que nous sommes partis sur une digression quand nous avons commencé à parler de singes sur des monocycles à sa fête de départ à la retraite.communicationlanguagewritingpointwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTangentesA 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. "Le joueur de clavicorde ajustait soigneusement les tangentes pour s'assurer que chaque note sonnait clairement.musicpartdevicemachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
