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Tangent
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For the tangent function see trigonometric functions. For other uses, see tangent (disambiguation).
Tangent to a curve.In geometry, the tangent line (or simply the tangent) to a curve at a given point is the straight line that "just touches" the curve at that point (in the sense explained more precisely below). As it passes through the point of tangency, the tangent line is "going in the same direction" as the curve, and in this sense it is the best straight-line approximation to the curve at that point. The same definition applies to space curves and curves in n-dimensional Euclidean space.
Similarly, the tangent plane to a surface at a given point is the plane that "just touches" the surface at that point. The concept of a tangent is one of the most fundamental notions in differential geometry and has been extensively generalized — see Tangent space.
In trigonometry, tangent is the slope formula that combines the rise and run. The tangent function takes an angle and tells the slope when the length of the line is 1. For more information on the tangent function, see trigonometric functions.
The word "tangent" comes from the Latin tangere, meaning "to touch".
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Did I hear someone say beer??
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.
Sometimes you have to search deeper than the traditional dictionary, which generally does not have have enough variations of most words. I'm quite certain he was referring to a polar bear.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tangent
Last edited by brdad; 05-14-2009 at 08:33 PM.
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did someone say beer?