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tangent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tangentem, the accusative of tang?ns (“touching”) (in the phrase l?nea tang?ns (“a touching line”)), the present participle of the verb tang? (“touch”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *tag-, *ta?- (“to touch”). Cognate with Old English þaccian (“to touch lightly, pat, stroke”). More at thack, thwack.
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?n'j?nt, IPA(key): /?tæn.d??nt/
Noun
tangent (plural tangents)
- (differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
- (mathematics) 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.
- A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
- I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party.
- 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
- Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: (1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and (2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
- (music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
Synonyms
- (straight line): tangent line
Derived terms
- arctangent
- cotangent
- hyperbolic tangent
Related terms
- tangential
Translations
Adjective
tangent (not comparable)
- (geometry) Touching a curve at a single point but not crossing it at that point.
- Of a topic, only loosely related to a main topic.
- (rail transport, of track) Straight; not horizontally curved.
Derived terms
- tangently
See also
- cosine
- non sequitur
- sine
- trigonometry
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin tang?ns.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /t????ent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /t????en/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ta??d??ent/
Noun
tangent f (plural tangents)
- (trigonometry) tangent
Derived terms
- cotangent
Further reading
- “tangent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin tang?ns; cf. German Tangente.
Noun
tangent c (singular definite tangenten, plural indefinite tangenter)
- (geometry) tangent
- piano key
Declension
Related terms
- tangens
- tangerende
- tangere
References
- “tangent” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tang?ns, tangentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??.???/
Adjective
tangent (feminine singular tangente, masculine plural tangents, feminine plural tangentes)
- (mathematics) tangential
- borderline
Further reading
- “tangent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?tan.?ent/, [?t?ä???n?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?tan.d??ent/, [?t??n??d???n?t?]
Verb
tangent
- third-person plural future active indicative of tang?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Tangente, Tangens, ultimately from Latin tang?ns.
Noun
tangent m (definite singular tangenten, indefinite plural tangenter, definite plural tangentene)
- (geometry) tangent
- (music) key (e.g., on a piano)
References
- “tangent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Tangente, Tangens, ultimately from Latin tang?ns.
Noun
tangent m (definite singular tangenten, indefinite plural tangentar, definite plural tangentane)
- (geometry) tangent
- (music) key (e.g., on a piano)
References
- “tangent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tangent, Latin tang?ns, tangentem.
Adjective
tangent m or n (feminine singular tangent?, masculine plural tangen?i, feminine and neuter plural tangente)
- tangent
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin tang?ns; cf. German Tangente.
Noun
tangent c
- key (button on a typewriter, computer keyboard or piano)
- (mathematics) tangent
Declension
Related terms
- tangens
- tangentbord
tangent From the web:
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tactile
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tækta?l/, /?tækt?l/
Adjective
tactile (comparative more tactile, superlative most tactile)
- Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
- Used for feeling.
- Of or relating to the sense of touch.
- H. N. Martin
- The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is greatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.
- H. N. Martin
Related terms
Translations
See also
- haptic
- palpable
- touchable
Further reading
- tactile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tactile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tactile at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- lattice, talcite
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin t?ctilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak.til/
Adjective
tactile (plural tactiles)
- tactile
- haptic
Derived terms
- écran tactile
- tactilement
Further reading
- “tactile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
t?ctile
- nominative neuter singular of t?ctilis
- accusative neuter singular of t?ctilis
- vocative neuter singular of t?ctilis
tactile From the web:
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