Línea recta que toca una curva en un solo punto.
A straight line touching a curve at one point.
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Traza una tangente a la circunferencia en el punto A. — Draw a tangent to the circle at point A.
Se fue por las ramas con una digresión sobre su infancia. — He went off on a tangent about his childhood.
La tangente toca la curva exactamente en un punto. — The tangent touches the curve at exactly one point.
Perdón, eso ha sido una digresión; volvamos al plan. — Sorry, that was a tangent — back to the plan.
¿Dónde corta la tangente al eje? — Where does the tangent cross the axis?
¿Dejamos esa digresión para más tarde? — Can we save that tangent for later?
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