Word Meaning

Meaning of "tangent" and the crossword clue

- Brown and another man seen in a triangular relationship
- Director Lee intent on off-topic discussion thread
- Divergence
- Line that touches a curve
- Line touching a circle at one point only
- Strong taste centres attention on divergent line
- Surrounded by explosives, Ange has an unrelated train of thought
- Touching line
- A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
- Touching; touching at a single point
- meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.