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61tangent — noun (C) 1 go/fly off at a tangent informal to suddenly start thinking or talking about a completely new and different subject: It s impossible to have a logical discussion with Rob because he keeps going off at a tangent. 2 technical a straight… …
62tangent — /ˈtændʒənt / (say tanjuhnt) adjective 1. touching. 2. Geometry touching, as a straight line in relation to a curve or surface; passing through two (or more) consecutive points of a curve or surface. 3. in contact along a single line or element,… …
63tangent vector — liestinis vektorius statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. tangent vector; tangential vector vok. Tangentenvektor, m; Tangentialvektor, m rus. касательный вектор, m; тангенциальный вектор, m pranc. vecteur tangent, m …
64tangent plane — liestinė plokštuma statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. tangent plane; tangential plane vok. Tangentialebene, f rus. касательная плоскость, f pranc. plan tangent, m …
65tangent plane — noun the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface • Hypernyms: ↑plane, ↑sheet * * * noun : the plane through a point of a surface that contains the tangent lines to all the curves on the surface through the same… …
66tangent wheel — Worm Worm (w[^u]rm), n. [OE. worm, wurm, AS. wyrm; akin to D. worm, OS. & G. wurm, Icel. ormr, Sw. & Dan. orm, Goth. wa[ u]rms, L. vermis, Gr. ? a wood worm. Cf. {Vermicelli}, {Vermilion}, {Vermin}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A creeping or a crawling… …
67tangent plane — noun Date: 1856 the plane through a point of a surface that contains the tangent lines to all the curves on the surface through the same point …
68TANGENT, ENTE — adj. T. de Géométrie Qui touche une ligne ou une surface en un seul point. Un plan tangent à une sphère. Deux courbes tangentes en un point. TANGENTE s’emploie aussi comme nom féminin et se dit, en termes de Géométrie, de la Ligne droite qui… …
69Tangent — Original name in latin Tangent Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Los Angeles longitude 44.54123 latitude 123.10815 altitude 75 Population 1164 Date 2011 05 14 …
70tangent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. divergence, deviation. adj. touching (see contact). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. touching, tangential, in contact; see contiguous . • go off on a tangent, Syn. swerve, get off course, get off the… …
