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
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
A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced
If someone goes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before. The conversation went off at a tangent