- In geometry, the
tangent line (or
simply tangent) to a
plane curve at a
given point is, intuitively, the
straight line that "just touches" the
curve at...
- In mathematics, the
tangent space of a
manifold is a
generalization of
tangent lines to
curves in two-dimensional
space and
tangent planes to surfaces...
- In
solid mechanics, the
tangent modulus is the
slope of the stress–strain
curve at any
specified stress or strain.
Below the
proportional limit (the limit...
- Look up
tangent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
tangent, in geometry, is a
straight line
through a
point on a
curve that has the same direction...
- The
tangent piano is a very rare
keyboard instrument that
resembles a
harpsichord and
early pianos in design. It
normally features five
octaves of keys...
- In mathematics, a
tangent vector is a
vector that is
tangent to a
curve or
surface at a
given point.
Tangent vectors are
described in the differential...
- A
tangent bundle is the
collection of all of the
tangent spaces for all
points on a manifold,
structured in a way that it
forms a new
manifold itself....
- most
widely used in
modern mathematics are the sine, the cosine, and the
tangent functions.
Their reciprocals are
respectively the cosecant, the secant...
- trigonometry,
tangent half-angle
formulas relate the
tangent of half of an
angle to
trigonometric functions of the
entire angle. The
tangent of half an angle...
- geometry, a
tangent line to a
circle is a line that
touches the
circle at
exactly one point,
never entering the circle's interior.
Tangent lines to circles...
