Word "TANGENT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Synonyms:
tan

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point

Crossword Clues for TANGENT

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Tense actor's representative acquiring new or different line of thought The Guardian Quiptic 21 Apr 2024
A touching line from a gent turning to the National Theatre (7)
Beat the man that runs off without a cross (7)
Straight line touching a curve (7)
He leaves the new rep without a function (7)
He leaves the new rep without a function The Telegraph Toughie 08 Mar 2024
Beat fellow to different line of thought (7)
Nearly unrelated topic The Guardian Quick 21 Feb 2024
2/3rd of T.Nagar ordered to take Egmore, Nungambakkam, Teynampet entries as digression (7)
Digression The Guardian Quick 16 Feb 2024
Brown: man taking line in geometry (7)
Conversation digression USA Today 31 Jan 2024
Function female solarium won't do?
Straight line which touches a curve Mirror Tea Time 24 Jan 2024
Confused agent books for Circle Line?
Digression The Sun Two Speed 03 Dec 2023
An outside line to ring? The Sun Two Speed 03 Dec 2023
Chap succeeding Brown's almost irrelevant (7)
Tense actor's representative pens note for a different subject? (7)
Article, good, in temporary accommodation — touching The Times Quick Cryptic 24 Nov 2023
Backer briefly entering explosive function The Times Cryptic 20 Nov 2023
Beat chap — it's not the main issue The Guardian Quiptic 18 Sep 2023
Function for mathematician, chap who's been sunbathing? The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Sep 2023
Beat chap touching line The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jul 2023
Not the main point New York Times 14 Jun 2023
Line touching a circle The Times Concise 09 May 2023
Line established by man on beat The Guardian Quiptic 13 Feb 2023
Sun’s effect on fellow, touching The Times Cryptic 14 Mar 2022
Function at first absolutely no good being held in marquee?
Touching line from male who's been on sunbed?
Very different topic has fellow on strike
Close to engagement to one man: I touch ring at one point
Explosive anger curtailed inside: it's touching The Sun Two Speed 17 May 2021
Digression The Sun Two Speed 17 May 2021
Stand in centre, man will follow line
Digression The Washington Post 02 May 2021
Digression LA Times Daily 02 May 2021
Northern man after turning up at function The Telegraph Toughie 10 Mar 2021
Trig function The Sun Two Speed 04 Mar 2021
An outside line to ring? The Sun Two Speed 04 Mar 2021
A touching line from bronze chap The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Feb 2021
Crooked agent books for Circle Line? The Sun Two Speed 19 Oct 2020
An outside line to ring? The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Oct 2020
Trump's description perhaps provides digression The Telegraph Toughie 16 Jul 2020
Conversational detour USA Today 16 Dec 2019
Abrupt digression Wall Street Journal 14 Nov 2019
Get Ann excited with poet's ultimate touching line
Explosive anger curtailed inside — that's touching! The Sun Two Speed 22 Sep 2019
Remake of Ant Man is touching
Mad agent books for Circle Line? The Sun Two Speed 15 Aug 2019
Touching line from man with whip The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Aug 2019
Line touching a curve The Times Concise 24 Jul 2019
Go off on a __ (digress) Newsday 29 May 2019
Beat man to line
A touching feature of Dynasty (Net version)
Trigonometry ratio Family Time 28 Apr 2019
Trigonometric function The Sun Two Speed 08 Apr 2019
Straight line which touches a curve The Times Specialist Sunday 24 Feb 2019
Rag with new information coming in that's touching
Completely different line of thought The Sun Two Speed 27 Aug 2018
One touching line of smack sent for execution
Going off on a __ (digressing) Newsday 15 May 2018
Touching line from Brown — polite chap
Abrupt digression
1, for 45° New York Times 07 Dec 2017
Annoy Republican exiting during explosive function The Telegraph Toughie 16 Nov 2017
Touching on a brown sahib?
Information in colour chart finally creating different line of thought
Beat guy with line
Touching brown sahib?
Information in colour chart finally creating different line of thought
Line touching a circle The Times Concise 16 Jun 2017
Trig function Thomas Joseph 10 May 2017
Hit man kept outside the circle
1, for 45°
Get browned off with a chap on the Circle Line
Meeting Newsday 03 Sep 2016
Touching man below belt
Touching man below belt The Guardian Cryptic 14 Jul 2016
Line touching a curve but not cutting through it The Telegraph General Knowledge 29 May 2016
Sudden digression Universal 11 May 2016
Touching line by chap written on bronze
Touching line by man, a shade over the top?
Beat guy, 23
Trigonomic function USA Today 25 Nov 2015
Trig calculation New York Times 08 Nov 2015
Cosmopolitan gentleman taking the Circle Line The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Sep 2015
Hitman line
Touching a new man is tense at first...
Finally secret agent got new line
Charlatan gently conceals different line of thought
Line that touches a curve Irish Times Simplex 21 Mar 2015
Circle Line? The Telegraph Toughie 14 Jan 2015
Trigonomic function
Trig calculation
Line upset Nationalist fellow
Digression
Sunburn for man like the ground to a wheel?
Digression
Trigonometric function
Speaker's digression
Circle line
Trigonomic function
Circle line
Trigonometry ratio
Trig function
Touching
It doesn't go in circles
Geometry line
Trigonometric function
Touching
It doesn't go in circles
Math term
Touching
Touching
See 57-Across
Right triangle calculation
Digression
Digression
It doesn't go in circles
Contiguous
Touching
Abutting
Kind of line, in geometry.
Touching.
Deviating course.
Sudden divergence from one course to another.
A new and unexpected tack.
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