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Ääntäminen

    • IPA: /ˈtæn.dʒənt/
KäännösKonteksti
Substantiivit
1.matematiikka

Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. (geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
  2. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite the angle to the length of the side adjacent to the angle. Symbols: tan, tg
  3. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
  4. A small metal blade by which a clavichord produces sound.

Adjektiivit

  1. (geometry) 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.

Esimerkit

  • 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.
  • He went on a tangent.
  • Han hamnade på ett stickspår.

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