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tangent
nouns
a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
tangent
is derived from
tangential
is derived from
tangency
is a type of (narrower)
a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
"the shortest distance between two points is a straight line"
straight line
ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
tan,
tangent
is derived from
tangential
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