DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
tangent
/'tændʒənt/ · tændʒənt
Tangent has 2 syllables: tan · gent.
tan
01
gent
02
noun. Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.
noun. A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point.
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