| ARCTANGENT | • arctangent n. (Trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the tangent… • ARCTANGENT n. a geometrical ratio. |
| ARCTANGENTS | • arctangents n. Plural of arctangent. • ARCTANGENT n. a geometrical ratio. |
| COTANGENT | • cotangent n. (Trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn. • COTANGENT n. the tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. |
| COTANGENTIAL | • COTANGENTIAL adj. of or like a cotangent. |
| COTANGENTS | • cotangents n. Plural of cotangent. • COTANGENT n. the tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. |
| PLANGENT | • plangent adj. Having a loud, mournful sound. • plangent adj. (Rare) Beating, dashing, as waves. • PLANGENT adj. having an expressive esp. plaintive quality. |
| PLANGENTLY | • plangently adv. In a plangent manner: with a loud reverberating sound, or plaintively. • PLANGENT adv. having an expressive esp. plaintive quality. |
| SUBTANGENT | • subtangent n. (Geometry) The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve. • SUBTANGENT n. the part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve. |
| SUBTANGENTS | • subtangents n. Plural of subtangent. • SUBTANGENT n. the part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve. |
| TANGENT | • tangent n. (Differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there. • tangent n. (Mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real… • tangent n. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it. |
| TANGENTAL | • tangental adj. Dated form of tangential. • TANGENTAL adj. of or pertaining to the nature of a tangent, also TANGENTIAL. |
| TANGENTALLY | • TANGENTAL adv. of or pertaining to the nature of a tangent, also TANGENTIAL. |
| TANGENTIAL | • tangential adj. Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something. • tangential adj. Merely touching, positioned as a tangent. • tangential adj. Only indirectly related. |
| TANGENTIALITIES | • tangentialities n. Plural of tangentiality. • TANGENTIALITY n. the state of being tangential. |
| TANGENTIALITY | • tangentiality n. The quality of being tangential. • tangentiality n. (Medicine) A mental condition in which one tends to digress from the topic under discussion, especially… • TANGENTIALITY n. the state of being tangential. |
| TANGENTIALLY | • tangentially adv. In a tangential manner or direction. • TANGENTIAL adv. of or pertaining to the nature of a tangent, also TANGENTAL. |
| TANGENTS | • tangents n. Plural of tangent. • TANGENT n. a line that touches a curve. |