Tangent synonyms

tăn'jənt

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touching
That touches the feelings; arousing tender emotion; affecting
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in contact
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tangential
Merely touching a subject, not dealing with it at length
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deviation
The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
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divergence
(Biology) The evolution of different forms or structures in related species as they adapt to different environments. An example of divergence is the development of wings in bats from the same bones that form the arm and hand or paw in most other mammals.
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divergency
(Uncountable) The state of being divergent
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excursion
(Physics) A single movement outward from the mean position in an oscillating or alternating motion
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excursus
A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue.
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irrelevancy
Irrelevance.
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tan
The definition of a tan is a yellowish-brownish color, or a darker shade of skin because of sun exposure or a solution used to turn hide into leather.
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90deg (related)
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angle (related)
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parabola (related)
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90o (related)
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fixed point (related)
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aside
A parenthetical departure; a digression.
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digression
An instance of digressing, especially a written or spoken passage that has no bearing on the main subject.
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divagation
Straying off from a course or way
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parenthesis
Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, (and) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
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approach (related)
The method used in dealing with or accomplishing:
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Tangent Sentence Examples

  • Don't go off on a tangent or get too verbose.

  • The distance of the lucid points was the tangent of the magnified angles subtended by the stars to a radius of io ft.

  • The inverse tangent is the value whose tangent is ` x '.

  • Tangent sights were not much trusted at first.

  • An example of estimating the elasto-plastic buckling stress through use of the material tangent modulus is given.

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