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What does the word tangent mean?

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Answer:

1.

a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point.

2.

a completely different line of thought or action.

"he quickly went off on a tangent about wrestling"

3.

Mathematics

the trigonometric function that is equal to the ratio of the sides (other than the hypotenuse) opposite and adjacent to an angle in a right triangle.

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Those are the dictionary definitions. Since you said it was English I think 2 would probably help you the most

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