Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - tangent
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Tangent
tangent
~ n 1 go/fly off at a tangent informal to suddenly start thinking or talking about a completely new and different subject (It's impossible to have a logical discussion with Rob because he keeps going off at a tangent.) 2 technical a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cut across it 3 technical the fraction (2) calculated for an angle by dividing the length of the side that would be opposite it in a triangle with a rightangle by the length of the side that would be next to it (- compare cosine, sine)
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(tangents) 1. A tangent is a line that touches the edge of a curve or circle at one point, but does not cross it. N-COUNT 2. If someone goes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before. The conversation went off at a tangent. PHRASE: V and N inflect TANGENTIAL 1. If you describe something as tangential, you mean that it has only a slight or indirect connection with the thing you are concerned with, and is therefore not worth considering seriously. (FORMAL) Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues... ADJ 2. If something is tangential to something else, it is at a tangent to it. ...point T, where the demand curve is tangential to the straight line L. ADJ: oft ADJ to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Latin ~-, tangens, present participle of tangere to touch; perhaps akin to Old English thaccian to touch gently, stroke Date: 1594 1. a. meeting a curve or surface in a single point if a sufficiently small interval is considered straight line ~ to a curve b. (1) having a common ~ line at a point ~ curves (2) having a common ~ plane at a point ~ surfaces 2. diverging from an original purpose or course ; irrelevant ~ remarks II. noun Etymology: New Latin ~-, tangens, from linea tangens ~ line Date: 1594 1. a. the trigonometric function that for an acute angle is the ratio between the leg opposite to the angle when it is considered part of a right triangle and the leg adjacent b. a trigonometric function that is equal to the sine divided by the cosine for all real numbers ? for which the cosine is not equal to zero and is exactly equal to the ~ of an angle of measure ? in radians 2. a line that is ~; specifically a straight line that is the limiting position of a secant of a curve through a fixed point and a variable point on the curve as the variable point approaches the fixed point 3. an abrupt change of course ; digression the speaker went off on a ~ 4. a small upright flat-ended metal pin at the inner end of a clavichord key that strikes the string to produce the tone ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a straight line, curve, or surface that meets another curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not intersect it at that point. 2 the ratio of the sides opposite and adjacent to an angle in a right-angled triangle. --adj. 1 (of a line or surface) that is a tangent. 2 touching. Phrases and idioms at a tangent diverging from a previous course of action or thought etc. (go off at a tangent). tangent galvanometer a galvanometer with a coil through which the current to be measured is passed, its strength being proportional to the tangent of the angle of deflection. Derivatives tangency n. Etymology: L tangere tangent- touch ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) касательная 2) тангенс 3) прямой участок пути tangent to a circle — касательная к окружности - tangent of angle - arc tangent - dielectric loss tangent - external tangent - internal tangent - inverse tangent - loss-angle tangent ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) касательная 2) касательный 3) касающийся 4) контактный 5) тангенс almost tangent lattice — почти касательная решетка antiholomorphic tangent vector — антиголоморфный касательный вектор continuously rotating tangent — непрерывно вращающаяся касательная double dual tangent — двойная касательная externally tangent circles — окружности с внешним касанием holomorphic tangent space — голоморфное касательное пространство inflexional tangent to a curve — касательная в точке перегиба кривой internally tangent circles — окружности с внутренним касанием inverse hyperbolic tangent — геом. ареатангенс inverse tangent series — ряд арк-тангенса line tangent to — касательная к method of tangent parabolas — метод касательных парабол pencil of tangent spheres — пучок касательных сфер tangent cone of quadratic surface — конус касательных к поверхности второго порядка tangent cone of sphere — конус касательных к сфере tangent disk topology — топология касательных дисков tangent modulus of elasticity — касательный модуль упругости - arc tangent - arc-hyperbolic tangent - common tangent - difference tangent - equation of tangent - externally tangent - geodesic tangent - horizontal tangent - inflexional tangent - inner tangent - internally tangent - inverse tangent - left tangent - length of tangent - logarithmic tangent - loss tangent - mutually tangent - near tangent - one-sided tangent - oriented tangent - outer tangent - polar tangent - right tangent - tangent algebra - tangent angle - tangent approximation - tangent ball - tangent basis - tangent bend -...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. мат. касательная to draw a tangent to a curve —- провести касательную к кривой 2. мат. тангенс arc tangent —- арктангенс tangent of an angle —- тангенс угла 3. топ. наклон tangent of the angle of slope —- наклон местности 4. ам. разг. прямой участок железнодорожного пути; прямая 5. сокр. от tangent scale воен. шкала прицела Id: to go (to fly) off at a tangent —- сорваться, странно себя повести или высказаться 6. мат. касательный a line tangent to a curve —- линия, касательная к кривой 7. соприкасающийся, смежный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) math. касательная 2) math. тангенс 3) amer.; coll. прямой участок железнодорожного пути to fly/go off at/on a tangent - внезапно отклониться (от темы и т.п.); сорваться, странно себя повести 2. adj. math. касательный Syn: see neighbouring ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1594, from L. tangentem (nom. tangens), prp. of tangere "to touch." Tangential in figurative sense of "divergent, erratic" is from 1787; extended sense of "slightly connected with a subject" is first recorded 1825. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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