How is the word tangente translated from French to English

English translation
tangent
noun

Droite qui touche une courbe en un seul point.

A straight line touching a curve at one point.

Examples with “tangente”

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  • Trace la tangente au cercle au point A. — Draw a tangent to the circle at point A.

  • Il est parti dans une digression sur son enfance. — He went off on a tangent about his childhood.

  • La tangente touche la courbe en exactement un point. — The tangent touches the curve at exactly one point.

  • Désolé, c'était une digression — revenons au plan. — Sorry, that was a tangent — back to the plan.

  • Où la tangente coupe-t-elle l'axe ? — Where does the tangent cross the axis?

  • Pouvons-nous garder cette digression pour plus tard ? — Can we save that tangent for later?

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