ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite the angle to the length of the side adjacent to the angle. Symbol: tan
the tangent to a curve at some point, Z, on that curve is a straight line that touches point Z but does not cross the curve at that point
A tangent is a line that touches the edge of a curve or circle at one point, but does not cross it
Touching; touching at a single point meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces
(n) A condition in which a straight line is in contact with a curve at only one point Tangents describe the smooth transition from a linear/planar element to a curved one Geometric construction techniques are used to define tangent curves in an engineering drawing
In the context of a animation curve key, the tangents define how values are interpolated between successive keys By changing a key's tangents you can make the animation faster or slower between keys