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1 tangent
1. n1) мат. дотична2) мат. тангенс3) амер., розм. прямий відрізок залізничної колії; пряма4) (скор. від tangent scale) шкала прицілуto fly (to go) off at tangent — зірватися; зробити (сказати) щось дивне (незвичне)
2. adj мат.дотичнийa line tangent to a curve — лінія, дотична до кривої
tangent scale — військ. шкала прицілу
tangent sight — військ. прямий приціл
* * *I n1) мaт. дотична2) мaт. тангенсarc tangent — арктангенс; тoп. нахил
3) aмep. пряма ділянка залізничної колії; пряма4) cкop. вiд tangent scale••II ato go /to fly/ oft at a tangent — зірватися, дивно себе повести або висловитися
1) мaт. дотичнийa line tangent to a curve — лінія, дотична до кривої
2) дотичний, суміжний -
2 tangent
I n1) мaт. дотична2) мaт. тангенсarc tangent — арктангенс; тoп. нахил
3) aмep. пряма ділянка залізничної колії; пряма4) cкop. вiд tangent scale••II ato go /to fly/ oft at a tangent — зірватися, дивно себе повести або висловитися
1) мaт. дотичнийa line tangent to a curve — лінія, дотична до кривої
2) дотичний, суміжний
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Tangent screw — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tangent — [tan′jənt] adj. [L tangens, prp. of tangere, to touch: see TACT] 1. that touches; touching 2. Geom. touching and not intersecting a curve or curved surface at one and only one point: said of a line or plane n. [< ModL ( linea) tangens, tangent … English World dictionary
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