[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tangent \tan"gent\, n. l. tangens, -entis, p. pr. of tangere to
   touch; akin to gr. ? having seized: cf. f. tangente. cf.
   attain, contaminate, contingent, entire, tact,
   taste, tax, v. t. geom.
   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.
   1913 webster

   artificial tangent, or logarithmic tangent, the logarithm
      of the natural tangent of an arc.

   natural tangent, a decimal expressing the length of the
      tangent of an arc, the radius being reckoned unity.

   tangent galvanometer elec., a form of galvanometer having
      a circular coil and a short needle, in which the tangent
      of the angle of deflection of the needle is proportional
      to the strength of the current.

   tangent of an angle, the natural tangent of the arc
      subtending or measuring the angle.

   tangent of an arc, a right line, as ta, touching the arc of
      a circle at one extremity a, and terminated by a line ct,
      passing from the center through the other extremity o.
      1913 webster
see also:
attain contaminate contingent entire tact taste 
tax trigonometrical function function artificial tangent logarithmic tangent 
natural tangent tangent galvanometer tangent of an angle tangent of an arc 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tangent \tan"gent\, a. l. tangens, -entis, p. pr.
   touching; touching at a single point; specifically geom.
   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.
   1913 webster

   tangent plane geom., a plane which touches a surface in a
      point or line.

   tangent scale gun., a kind of breech sight for a cannon.
      

   tangent screw mach., an endless screw; a worm.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster
see also:
tangent plane tangent scale tangent screw 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tangent
     n 1: a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved
          surface at a point but does not intersect it at that
          point
     2: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled
        triangle syn: tan
see also:
tan 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

58 moby thesaurus words for "tangent":
   abutter, adjoiner, air line, approach, asymptote, axis, beeline,
   borderer, bottleneck, bystander, chord, collision course,
   concentralization, concentration, concourse, concurrence,
   confluence, conflux, congress, convergence, converging, crossing,
   diagonal, diameter, direct line, directrix, edge, focalization,
   focus, funnel, great-circle course, hub, immediate neighbor,
   looker-on, meeting, mutual approach, narrowing gap, neighbor,
   neighborer, normal, onlooker, perpendicular, radius, radius vector,
   right line, secant, segment, shortcut, side, spokes, straight,
   straight course, straight line, straight stretch, straightaway,
   streamline, transversal, vector

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

tangent, or city, fips 72600
  location: 44.55120 n, 123.10790 w
  population 1990: 556 207 housing units
  area: 9.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 97389

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

tangent, or -- u.s. city in oregon
   population 2000:    933
   housing units 2000: 366
   land area 2000:     3.778661 sq. miles 9.786686 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    3.778661 sq. miles 9.786686 sq. km
   fips code:            72600
   located within:       oregon or, fips 41
   location:             44.550063 n, 123.109110 w
   zip codes 1990:     97389
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    tangent, or
    tangent

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