tangent

Etymology
Borrowed from, the accusative of (in the phrase ), the present participle of the verb , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬. More at,.

Noun

 * 1)  A    a  at a single  without  it there.
 * 2)  A  of an  that gives the ratio of the  to the, in either the  or  numbers. Symbols: ,.
 * 3) A  nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in  with it.
 * I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party.
 * 1) * 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
 * Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: (1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and (2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
 * 1)  A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
 * 2)  A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
 * Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: (1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and (2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
 * 1)  A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
 * 2)  A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُمَاسّ
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: даты́чная
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: tangent
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: tečna
 * Danish: tangent
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: tanĝanto
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: tanxente
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 접선
 * Manx: tanjent
 * Maori: pātapa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: tangent
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: dotyčnica
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dikit
 * Telugu: తిర్యగ్రేఖ
 * Thai: เส้นสัมผัส
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: доти́чна
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans: tangens, tangense, raaklyn, raaklyne
 * Arabic: ظِلّ الزَّاوِيَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: та́нгенс
 * Bulgarian: та́нгенс
 * Burmese: တန်းဂျင့်
 * Catalan: tangent
 * Cebuano: liras
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: tangens
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: tangento
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: tangens
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: តង់សង់
 * Korean: 탄젠트
 * Manx: tanjent
 * Maori: pātapa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tangens
 * Nynorsk: tangens
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tanway
 * Thai: แทนเจนต์
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Catalan: tangent
 * Danish: sidespor
 * Esperanto: parentezaĵo
 * Finnish: sivuraide, harhapolku
 * German:
 * Polish: punkt wspólny
 * Russian: смежная тема


 * Italian: (1)

Adjective

 * 1)  Touching a curve at a single point but not crossing it at that point.
 * 2) Of a topic, only loosely related to a main topic.
 * 3)  Straight; not horizontally curved.

Etymology
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Etymology
Ultimately from ; cf. German.

Noun

 * 1) piano key
 * 1) piano key
 * 1) piano key

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  tangential
 * 2) borderline

Etymology
From, , ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  key (e.g., on a piano)
 * 1)  key (e.g., on a piano)

Etymology
From, , ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  key (e.g., on a piano)
 * 1)  key (e.g., on a piano)

Etymology
,.

Etymology
Ultimately from ; cf. German.

Noun

 * 1) key (button on a typewriter, computer keyboard or piano)