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• The normal vector and tangent vector at a given point are orthogonal.From the entry orthogonal
• A hyperosculating point is one where the tangent space meets with order higher than normal.From the entry hyperosculate
• The harmonic polar line of an inflection point of a cubic curve is the component of the polar conic other than the tangent line.From the entry harmonic
• Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.From the entry here
• Some walk in straight lines, Hedayat Rajai Navidi likes to go off on a tangent.2017 December 31, David Walsh, “Josh Navidi: 'I have never spoken highly of myself and I never will — it's just not me'”, in The Times. From the entry walk in straight lines
• For example, in Figure 4.2a only two edges of the polygon are tangent to the incircle.2012, Tom M. Apostol, Mamikon A. Mnatsakanian, New Horizons in Geometry, Mathematical Association of America, page 106. From the entry incircle
• Timmy does his selective snippages and takes off on a tangent, which is typical Timmy.2008 March 15, High Plains Thumper, “[News] The US Navy Dumps Proprietary Software”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet). From the entry snippage
• We have tangented off the path so far that no one cares any more.2004 April 23, Jonathan, “Forcing Theaters to Provide Captions for the Deaf”, in alt.tv.the-west-wing (Usenet). From the entry tangent off
• The slide mark begins just before the apex, essentially tangenting off the turn into the dirt.2003 October 7, Daniel Bannon, “I don't like Oregon (long)”, in alt.motorcycle.sportbike (Usenet). From the entry tangent off
• I’ll be fine,” he said quickly, not wanting to get into a tangent about his health.1998, Keith R[obert] A[ndreassi] DeCandido, José R. Nieto, “Thursday, 3:05 p.m.”, in Spider-Man: Venom’s Wrath, New York, N.Y.: Byron…. From the entry whadja
• Having constructed K, the incircle of the quadrilateral can be easily constructed since it is tangent to BA and BC.2005, István Reiman, International Mathematical Olympiad: 1959-1975, page 51. From the entry incircle
• Now that the length of tangent vector is defined, the magnitude of a differential form is also determined.2001, Shigeyuki Morita, translated by Teruko Nagase and Katsumi Nomizu, Geometry of Differential Forms, American Mathematical Society…. From the entry differential form
• The curvation can also be considered as the angle enclosed by two tangents on the endpoints of an infinitesimal small interval of the polynomial.2006, Günter Wilkening, Ludger Koenders, Nanoscale Calibration Standards and Methods. From the entry curvation
• In particular, in the case where the boundary holonomy is infinitely tangent to the identity, we determine the structure of the group of leafwise holomorphic automorphisms.2015, Tomohiro Horiuchi, “Reeb components of leafwise complex foliations and their symmetries II”, in arXiv. From the entry leafwise
• We show that the tangent algebroid of a Lie rackoid is a Leibniz algebroid and that Lie groupoids gives rise via conjugation to a Lie rackoid.2015, Camille Laurent-Gengoux, Friedrich Wagemann, “Lie rackoids”, in arXiv. From the entry selfdistributive

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).

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Questions about tangent in a sentence

How do you use tangent in a sentence?

Tangent is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party.”

What is a short sentence with tangent?

“Stop tangenting, please, thanks!”

What does tangent mean?

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