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The Latin root tactus is part of the word tangent. What does the word tangent mean?

The Latin Root Tactus Is Part Of The Word Tangent What Does The Word Tangent Mean class=

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tan·gent  

noun: tangent; plural noun: tangents

1.  a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point.

2.  a completely different line of thought or action.

"he quickly went off on a tangent about wrestling"

3.  MATHEMATICS  the trigonometric function that is equal to the ratio of the sides (other than the hypotenuse) opposite and adjacent to an angle in a right triangle.

adjective: tangent

(of a line or plane) touching, but not intersecting, a curve or curved surface.

"this curve is tangent to the average cost curve"

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