Dictionary Entry
tangent
tangent is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
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- 1transitive verb
A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
- 2adjective
Touching; touching at a single point
- 3adjective
meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.
- 4noun
ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
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- 5noun
a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
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