"tangent" meaning in Inglese

See tangent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtæn.dʒənt/
  1. tangente, tangenziale (detto di una retta)
    Sense id: it-tangent-en-adj-sbWWyTu~ Topics: geometry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: digression Derived forms: arctangent, cotangent

Noun

IPA: /ˈtæn.dʒənt/ Forms: tangents [plural]
  1. tangente
    Sense id: it-tangent-en-noun-QRiN-pjR Topics: geometry
  2. tangente
    Sense id: it-tangent-en-noun-QRiN-pjR1
  3. digressione, inciso (di un discorso, ragionamento...) Tags: broadly
    Sense id: it-tangent-en-noun-YSmBQn8h
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: digression Derived forms: arctangent, cotangent

Inflected forms

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    "dal latinotangentem, accusativo singolare di tangens, \"che tocca\", a sua volta participio presente del verbo tango, \"toccare\""
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          "text": "the tangent of an angle is the ratio of sine and cosine",
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              34,
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              34,
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