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Synonyms for tangent
ˈtæn dʒənttan·gent
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#4915 | burn | |
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#46883 | tangential | |
#70620 | suntan |
How to use tangent in a sentence?
I was and still am a practicing physician and was just pretty upset about that, so I decided to go on kind of a tangent [ to ] try to fix it.
From the outset, Britain positioned itself somewhat at a tangent to the European system, the current efforts by David Cameron's government run along the same lines.
A plan is just a tangent vector on the manifold of reality.
Translations for tangent
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- tangens, raaklyn, raaklyne, tangenseAfrikaans
- ظل الزاوية, مماسArabic
- tangentCatalan, Valencian
- tangens, tečnaCzech
- Nebensache, Tangente, TangensGerman
- εφαπτομένηGreek
- tangento, parentezaĵo, tanĝantoEsperanto
- tangenteSpanish
- sivuraide, tangentti, harhapolku, sivuajaFinnish
- tangenteFrench
- tanxenteGalician
- tanjentManx
- տանգենսArmenian
- snertill, tangensIcelandic
- タンジェント, 正接, 接線Japanese
- pātapaMāori
- raaklijn, tangensDutch
- tangens, tangentNorwegian
- tangens, punkt wspólny, stycznaPolish
- tangentePortuguese
- tangentăRomanian
- касательная, тангенсRussian
- tangens, tangentSwedish
- తిర్యగ్రేఖTelugu
- tanwayTagalog
- teğet, tanjantTurkish
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