Examples of 'tangent' in a sentence
Meaning of "tangent"
A tangent is a completely different line of thought or action, often unrelated to the current topic of discussion
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- A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
- A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
- A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
- A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
How to use "tangent" in a sentence
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Provides the tangent arc of a real value.
Tangent line to the graph of a function at a point.
We took the tangent to the central area.
Tangent segments to an external point of a circle are equal.
This is equivalent to the tangent bundle being trivial.
Draw tangent and normal when tracing.
You went off on a tangent about your wife.
And tangent is equal to opposite over adjacent.
Slope of the lines tangent to the osculatory.
The tangent must be parallel to the diameter.
Angle of the lines tangent to the second.
Tangent of theta is equal to cotangent of five theta.
Computes the tangent of the given angle.
Save yourself wasting time on that tangent.
Because tangent is equal to sine over cosine.
See also
Angle of the lines tangent to the first.
The tangent value whose angle is needed.
It is an unnecessary tangent that disrupts the flow.
The tangent space has many definitions.
Is the slope of the tangent line to f drawn at c.
The tangent passes through the point.
The result of the tangent of the window.
The tangent line is referred to as a base line.
The slope of the tangent to the curve at a.
Of a tangent plane to the function at a given point.
Function to calculate the tangent of a given angle.
A tangent to the margins and space to be distracted.
But that is a tangent for another episode.
Let me say that a is equal to the tangent of b.
We took the tangent to the center districts.
So the blue line is the tangent function.
The line s is tangent to the circumference described.
We have brought it down to the tangent of an angle.
Draw a line tangent to the circle going through q.
So opposite over adjacent is equal to the tangent of x.
Returns the tangent of the angle specified.
This is going off on another tangent all together.
I have the tangent vector to the curve.
Additional angle between tangent and curve.
The tangent at vertex is parallel to the directrix.
Each circle is tangent to the other two.
Specifies the left end of the tangent.
Begins the arc tangent to a specified direction.
Specifies the right end of the tangent.
Draw a circle tangent to three given circles.
Adjust the point of attachment of the tangent.
The budget line is tangent to an indifference curve.
Administrative buildings were found at the tangent point.
High peak tangent delta is adverse to processability.
So this is the equation of the tangent line.
