TANGENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
   Synonym(s)
   • tan (what does tan mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tangent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • trigonometric function (what does trigonometric function mean?)
   • circular function (what does circular function mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
   Hypernyms(s) tangent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • straight line (what does straight line mean?)