tangent

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teh2g- Proto-Italic *tangō Latin tangō Latin tangēns Latin tangentembor. English tangent Borrowed from Latin tangentem, the accusative of tangēns (“touching”) (in the phrase līnea tangēns (“a touching line”)), the present participle of the verb tangō (“touch”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *teh2g- (“to touch”). Cognate with Old English þaccian (“to touch lightly, pat, stroke”). More at thack, thwack.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: tanxente — in geometry
• Bulgarian: допирателен (dopiratelen) — in geometry
• Bulgarian: тангенциален (tangencialen) — in geometry
• Catalan: tangent — in geometry
• French: tangente — in geometry
• Galician: tanxente — in geometry
• Italian: tangente — in geometry
• Portuguese: tangente — in geometry
• Spanish: tangente — in geometry
• Arabic: مُمَاسّ (mumāss) — in geometry
• Armenian: շոշափող (šošapʻoġ) — in geometry
• Asturian: tanxente — in geometry
• Azerbaijani: toxunan — in geometry
• Belarusian: даты́чная (datýčnaja) — in geometry
• Bulgarian: допира́телна (dopirátelna) — in geometry
• Catalan: tangent — in geometry
• Chinese Mandarin: 切線 /切线 (qiēxiàn) — in geometry
• Czech: tečna — in geometry
• Danish: tangent — in geometry
• Dutch: raaklijn — in geometry
• Esperanto: tanĝanto — in geometry
• Estonian: puutuja — in geometry
• Finnish: tangentti — in geometry
• Finnish: sivuaja — in geometry
• French: tangente — in geometry
• Galician: tanxente — in geometry
• German: Tangente — in geometry
• Greek: εφαπτομένη (efaptoméni) — in geometry
• Hindi: स्पर्शरेखा (sparśarekhā) — in geometry
• Hungarian: érintő — in geometry
• Icelandic: snertill — in geometry
• Italian: tangente — in geometry
• Japanese: 接線 (sessen) — in geometry
• Korean: 접선 (jeopseon) — in geometry
• Macedonian: допирка (dopirka) — in geometry
• Macedonian: тангента (tangenta) — in geometry
• Manx: tanjent — in geometry
• Māori: pātapa — in geometry
• Norwegian Bokmål: tangent — in geometry
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tangent — in geometry
• Persian: مماس (momâss) — in geometry
• Polish: styczna — in geometry
• Portuguese: tangente — in geometry
• Romanian: tangentă — in geometry
• Russian: каса́тельная (kasátelʹnaja) — in geometry
• Slovak: dotyčnica — in geometry
• Spanish: tangente — in geometry
• Swedish: tangent — in geometry
• Tagalog: dikit — in geometry
• Telugu: తిర్యగ్రేఖ (tiryagrēkha) — in geometry
• Thai: เส้นสัมผัส — in geometry
• Turkish: teğet — in geometry
• Ukrainian: доти́чна (dotýčna) — in geometry
• Vietnamese: tiếp tuyến — in geometry
• Afrikaans: tangens — in trigonometry
• Afrikaans: tangense — in trigonometry
• Afrikaans: raaklyn — in trigonometry
• Afrikaans: raaklyne — in trigonometry
• Arabic: ظِلّ الزَّاوِيَة (ẓill az-zāwiya) — in trigonometry
• Armenian: տանգենս (tangens) — in trigonometry
• Asturian: tanxente — in trigonometry
• Azerbaijani: tangens — in trigonometry
• Belarusian: та́нгенс (tánhjens) — in trigonometry
• Bulgarian: та́нгенс (tángens) — in trigonometry
• Burmese: တန်းဂျင့် (tan:gyang.) — in trigonometry
• Catalan: tangent — in trigonometry
• Cebuano: liras — in trigonometry
• Chinese Mandarin: 正切 (zhèngqiē) — in trigonometry
• Czech: tangens — in trigonometry
• Danish: tangens — in trigonometry
• Dutch: tangens — in trigonometry
• Esperanto: tangento — in trigonometry
• Finnish: tangentti — in trigonometry
• French: tangente — in trigonometry
• Galician: tanxente — in trigonometry
• German: Tangens — in trigonometry
• Greek: εφαπτομένη (efaptoméni) — in trigonometry
• Hebrew: טנגנס (tangens) — in trigonometry
• Hungarian: tangens — in trigonometry
• Icelandic: tangens — in trigonometry
• Italian: tangente — in trigonometry
• Japanese: タンジェント (tanjento) — in trigonometry
• Japanese: 正接 (seisetsu) — in trigonometry
• Khmer: តង់សង់ (tɑngsɑng) — in trigonometry
• Korean: 탄젠트 (tanjenteu) — in trigonometry
• Macedonian: тангенс (tangens) — in trigonometry
• Manx: tanjent — in trigonometry
• Māori: pātapa — in trigonometry
• Norwegian Bokmål: tangens — in trigonometry
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tangens — in trigonometry
• Persian: تانژانت (tānžānt) — in trigonometry
• Persian: ظل (zel) — in trigonometry
• Polish: tangens — in trigonometry
• Portuguese: tangente — in trigonometry
• Romanian: tangentă — in trigonometry
• Russian: та́нгенс (tángens) — in trigonometry
• Spanish: tangente — in trigonometry
• Swedish: tangens — in trigonometry
• Tagalog: tanway — in trigonometry
• Thai: แทนเจนต์ — in trigonometry
• Turkish: tanjant — in trigonometry
• Ukrainian: та́нгенс (tánhens) — in trigonometry
• Vietnamese: tang — in trigonometry
• Bulgarian: отклонение (otklonenie) — nearly unrelated topic
• Catalan: tangent — nearly unrelated topic
• Danish: sidespor — nearly unrelated topic
• Esperanto: parentezaĵo — nearly unrelated topic
• Finnish: sivuraide — nearly unrelated topic
• Finnish: harhapolku — nearly unrelated topic
• German: Nebensache — nearly unrelated topic
• Polish: punkt wspólny — nearly unrelated topic
• Russian: отклоне́ние от те́мы (otklonénije ot témy) — nearly unrelated topic
• Russian: отступле́ние (otstuplénije) — nearly unrelated topic
• Russian: побо́чная те́ма (pobóčnaja téma) — nearly unrelated topic
• Russian: де́бри (débri) — nearly unrelated topic
• Russian: каки́е-то де́бри (kakíje-to débri) — nearly unrelated topic
• Russian: не в ту степь (ne v tu stepʹ) — nearly unrelated topic
• Ukrainian: ліричний відступ (lirýčnyj vídstup) — nearly unrelated topic