- 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...
- The
Tangent is a
progressive rock
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keyboardist and
singer Andy Tillison. The band was
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- 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...
- In trigonometry, the law of
tangents or
tangent rule is a
statement about the
relationship between the
tangents of two
angles of a
triangle and the lengths...
- 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...
- most
widely used in
modern mathematics are the sine, the cosine, and the
tangent functions.
Their reciprocals are
respectively the cosecant, the secant...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
