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1 tangent
['tæn‹ənt](a line that touches a curve but does not cut it.) tangente* * *tangente; tangenss; taisns dzelzceļa līnijas iecirknis -
2 go off at a tangent
(to go off suddenly in another direction or on a different line of thought, action etc: It is difficult to have a sensible conversation with her, as she keeps going off at a tangent.) pēkšņi mainīt tēmu; negaidīti dīvaini izturēties -
3 to fly off at a tangent
dīvaini izturēties
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