See tangential on Wiktionary
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"sense": "referring to a tangent",
"word": "tangencial"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "referring to a tangent",
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"sense": "referring to a tangent",
"word": "tangentiaalinen"
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"sense": "referring to a tangent",
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"sense": "referring to a tangent",
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"roman": "tangencialʹnyj",
"sense": "referring to a tangent",
"word": "тангенциальный"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "referring to a tangent",
"word": "(thuộc) tiếp tuyến"
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"word": "tanĝanta"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "only indirectly related",
"word": "parenteza"
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"word": "отклоня́ющийся"
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"roman": "imejuščij slaboje otnošénije",
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