Definition for Tangent:

• tan'jent, n. a line which touches a curve, and which when produced does not cut it.-- ns. TAN'GENCY, TAN'GENCE, state of being tangent: a contact or touching.-- adj. TANGEN'TIAL, of or pertaining to a tangent: in the direction of a tangent.-- n. TANGENTIAL'ITY.-- adv. TANGEN'TIALLY, in the direction of a tangent.-- GO OFF, or FLY OFF, AT A TANGENT, to break off suddenly into a different line of thought, & c. [ L. tangens, - entis, pr.p. of tang[) e]re, to touch.]

Synonyms for Tangent:

• adj.

  •deviating (adjective)
  • obliquitous,
  • excursional,
  • aberrative,
  • excursionary,
  • Heteroclite.
  •divergent (adjective)
  • Deviating.
  •touching (adjective)
  • tangential,
  • in contact,
  • contiguous.

• n.

  •
  • curvature,
  • line,
  • arc,
  • diagonal,
  • outline,
  • diameter,
  • horizontal,
  • axis,
  • chord.
  •
  • digression,
  • deviation,
  • oblique,
  • degree,
  • divergence,
  • obtuse,
  • perpendicular,
  • cosine,
  • excursion,
  • cos,
  • approach,
  • divergency,
  • orthogonal,
  • median,
  • minute,
  • cotangent.
  •
  • touching.
  •aside (noun)
  • inter-position,
  • inter positions,
  • inter-positions,
  • interpositions,
  • inter position.
  •blind alley (noun)
  • cul de sac,
  • blank wall,
  • dead-end street.
  •excursus (noun)
  • side remark.
  •grade (noun)
  • de-scents,
  • de scents,
  • up grades,
  • up grade,
  • inclined planes,
  • up-grades,
  • de scent,
  • de-scent.
  •shape (noun)
  • tangent.
  •tack (noun)
  • de-flections,
  • de flections,
  • oblique courses,
  • de flection,
  • sidlings,
  • point sail,
  • de-flection.
  •tan (noun)
  • tan.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • divagation,
  • adjacent.

Paraphrases for Tangent:

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    tangential.

Tangent Sentence Examples:

• The cones bristled oceanward from the sea - margin of New York, their points a fifty - mile arc of defiance, their bases tangent to one another, almost touching the ground at their lower edges, then circling upward for ten thousand feet.

• He saw her shoot the titan and fly off at a tangent, disappearing behind others of the enemy.

Hyponym for Tangent:

• n.

  • linkdef
    trigonometric function, circular function.
  • shape
    straight line.