Tangent
nounid
151752·updated May 18, 2026verified
a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Tangents
- possessive
- Tangent's
- pluralpossessive
- Tangents'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- §2
- a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
- §3
- a topic that is related, but not the same as, an original topic
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