tangent in Arabic

Arabic words for tangent

in trigonometry

ظِلّ الزَّاوِيَة ẓill az-zāwiya

in geometry

مُمَاسّ mumāss

English meaning of tangent

1. noun A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
2. noun 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.
3. noun A course suddenly and unexpectedly divergent from one which was previously being followed (especially one embarked on before reaching the end of the previous course).
4. noun A new topic of discussion unrelated to the one which came before it, arrived at due to a single (peripheral or trivial) point in common with it.

Full definition of tangent

tangent in a sentence

• I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party.
• The collision occurred on a two-mile stretch of tangent track.

Synonyms of tangent

• tangent line
• tangential
• fly off at a tangent

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Questions about tangent in Arabic

What is the meaning of tangent in Arabic?

Tangent in Arabic is ظِلّ الزَّاوِيَة (ẓill az-zāwiya), مُمَاسّ (mumāss).

ما معنى كلمة tangent؟

Tangent: ظِلّ الزَّاوِيَة (ẓill az-zāwiya), مُمَاسّ (mumāss).

What does tangent mean in English?

Tangent means a straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.