tangent

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
2. 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.
3. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
4. A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
5. A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.

Adj

1. Touching a curve at a single point but not crossing it at that point.
2. Of a topic, only loosely related to a main topic.
3. Straight; not horizontally curved.

Conceptos

tangente

Sinónimos

tan

tangent line

neighbouring

digression

juxtaposed

neighbour

osculatory

tangential

touch

touching

osculation point

access

continguous

contact

straight-across-cut

departure

detour

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈtæn.d͡ʒənt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from Latin tangentem, the accusative of tangēns (“touching”) (in the phrase līnea tangēns (“a touching line”)), the present participle of the verb tangō (“touch”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch”).
Cognate with Old English þaccian (“to touch lightly, pat, stroke”). More at thack, thwack.