tangent

tangent
noun
(Math.) Tangente, die

go or fly off at a tangent — (fig.) plötzlich vom Thema abschweifen

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['tæn‹ənt]
noun
(a line that touches a curve but does not cut it.) die Tangente
- academic.ru/116429/go_off_at_a_tangent">go off at a tangent
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tan·gent
[ˈtænʤənt]
n
1. MATH Tangente f fachspr
2. ELEC
\tangent of loss angle Verlustfaktor m
3.
to fly [or AM, AUS also go] off on [or BRIT also at] a \tangent [plötzlich] das Thema wechseln
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['tndZənt]
n (MATH)
Tangente f

to go off at a tangent (fig) — (plötzlich) vom Thema abkommen or abschweifen

he went off at a tangent about flowers — er schweifte plötzlich ab und fing an, über Blumen zu reden

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tangent [ˈtændʒənt]
A adj tangential 1
B s
1. MATH
a) Tangens m (eine Winkelfunktion)
b) Tangente f, Berührungslinie f:
tangent galvanometer ELEK Tangentenbussole f;
go (oder fly) off at (oder on) a tangent unvermittelt (vom Thema) abschweifen
2. MUS Tangente f (Metallstift am Tastenende, der die Saite zum Klingen bringt)
tan abk MATH tangent tan
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noun
(Math.) Tangente, die

go or fly off at a tangent — (fig.) plötzlich vom Thema abschweifen

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n.
Tangens (Mathematik) m.
Tangente -n (Mathematik) f.
Tangente -n f.

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