tangent
/tændʒənt/
noun
7 letters2 syllables8 points in Scrabble®11 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1
Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.
2
A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point.
WORD FORMS
Related formtangential
Related formtangency
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®8 points
Words With Friends®11 points
Double word16 points
Triple word24 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinangenttay
Starts & ends withT … T
Syllablestan · gent
SYNONYMS & RELATED3
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