Synonyms for "tangents" (81 found)

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Closest matches (17)

abutteradjoinerair lineairlineapproachapproachingargumentasymptoteaxisbeelinebordererbottleneckbystandercentripetalchordcollision courseconcentralization

Strong matches (24)

concentrationconcourseconcurrenceconcurrentconfluenceconfluxcongresscontingentconvergenceconvergingcrossingdiagonaldiameterdirect linedirectrixedgeelementequationfocalfocalization

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focusformulafunnelglancing

Related words (40)

grazinggreat-circle coursehubimmediate neighborlooker-onmeetingmutual approachnarrowing gapneighborneighborernormalonlookerperpendicularradialradiatingradiusradius vectorright linerubbingsecant

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segmentshortcutsidespokespokesstraightstraight coursestraight linestraight stretchstraightawaystreamlinetacktangent linetouchingtransversalunitingvector

Noun(2 words)

tantangent line

Adjective(1 words)

tangential

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2 relation types

form of

1 entries

tangent

related to

1 entries

tangent

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If you keep going off on tangents we'll never get out of here.

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