Tangent (disambiguation)

A tangent, in geometry, is a straight line through a point on a curve that has the same direction at that point as the curve.

Tangent may also refer to:

Mathematics

  • Analogous concepts for surfaces and higher-dimensional smooth manifolds, such as the tangent space
    • More generally, in geometry, two curves are said to be tangent when they intersect at a given point and have the same direction at that point; see for instance tangent circles
    • Bitangent, a line that is tangent to two different curves, or tangent twice to the same curve
  • The tangent function, one of the six basic trigonometric functions

Music

Entertainment

Geography

Other uses

  • Tangent (club), an international social networking group for women over 45, part of the Round Table family
  • Track transition curve, a straight section of road or track in highway and railroad design
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