tangent
/ˈtændʒənt/noun
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(ज्यामिति में) स्पर्श-रेखा
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Asked in previous papers
as antonym, idiom
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[C] geometry
a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cross it
(ज्यामिति में) स्पर्श-रेखा
- Draw a tangent to the circle.
- In the diagram, the line AB is a tangent to the circle at point P.
- The tangent meets the circle at exactly one point.
+ 2 more examples
- Students were asked to draw a tangent from an outside point to the circle.
- A tangent to a curve is perpendicular to the radius at that point.
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[C] mathematics
the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle in a right-angled triangle to the length of the side next to it (tan)
(त्रिकोणमिति में) स्पर्शज्या, tan
- the tangent of an angle
- Find the tangent of 45 degrees and show that it equals one.
- The tangent of 30 degrees is about 0.577.
+ 2 more examples
- Use a calculator to find the tangent of this angle.
- In a right-angled triangle, the tangent equals opposite over adjacent.
¶Idioms 1
go off at a tangent
to suddenly start saying or doing something that does not seem to be connected to what has gone before
मुख्य विषय से भटक जाना
- The speaker kept going off at a tangent.
◇Word family
AaSpelling
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§Grammar and usage
The adjective tangential means only slightly connected ('a tangential point').
Adjective tangential का अर्थ 'बहुत कम संबंधित' है ('a tangential point')।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Go off at a tangent (move away from the main subject).
Idiom अक्सर पूछा जाता है: go off at a tangent (मुख्य विषय से भटक जाना)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
Moving away from the main subject in speech or writing is a digression.
बोलते या लिखते समय मुख्य विषय से भटकना digression।
General knowledge
Maths: tan θ = opposite side ÷ adjacent side.
गणित में tan θ = लंब ÷ आधार।