Definition of tangent

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Definition of tangent

  • ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. tan
  • a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point (noun)

See definition of tangent in Merriam Webster