Tangent

//ˈtæn.d͡ʒənt//

"Tangent" in a Sentence (15 examples)

"Eh? Is the tangent cosine divided by sine?" "Other way round!"

Tom went off on a tangent.

The line s is tangent to the circumference described.

Stop me if I go off on a tangent.

I tend to ramble, so stop me if I go off on a tangent.

Sorry, I didn't mean to go off on a tangent.

Stick to the subject, don't go off on a tangent.

The meeting was for a simple reorganization, but Mary went off on a tangent that led to us realizing a complete overhaul would be better and just as easy.

The lecturer will start off following the slide presentation but then go off at a tangent and talk about random things.

In this graph, you can see that the sine of θ is always equal to the Y position of point A, and that the tangent of θ is always equal to the slope of the line intersecting point A and the origin.

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One feature of the body, which is constructed of pressed-steel members, is the contour of the sides. They are in the form of a continuous radius from the bottom side to the cant rail, and to enable flat glass windows to be fitted the side panels are pressed around the window opening, forming a tangent to the curved bodyside.

I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party.

“Uncle Barnaby was always father and mother to me,” Benson broke in; then after a pause his mind flew off at a tangent. “Is old Hannah all right—in the will, I mean?”

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.

The collision occurred on a two-mile stretch of tangent track.

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