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enPR
:
tăn'jənt
,
IPA
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key
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:
/ˈtæn.d͡ʒənt/
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Hyphenation
: tan‧gent
Noun
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Singular
tangent
Plural
tangents
A straight line
tangent
to a curve
(
countable
) (
geometry
) A
tangent
is a
straight
line
that touches a curve at a single
point
but does not cross it.