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List of meaning for tangent

a line of thought that is off topic

tangent(noun)

a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point

tangent, tan(noun)

ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

a departure from the subject under consideration

in the middle of her description of her dog's symptoms, she went off on a tangent about its cute behavior

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