tangent
US /ˈtændʒənt/
・UK /ˈtændʒənt/
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n.NounLine or curve meeting another line or curve
Given a circle, locate a point outside the circle where the tangent to the circle and diameter embody a given ratio
adj.AdjectiveLine of thought that is not related
Even the tangential characters are wittily drawn
n.NounIn trigonometry, the ratio of the length of the side opposite the acute angle to the length of the adjacent side in a right-angled triangle.
The tangent of 45 degrees is 1.
n.NounA completely different line of thought or action.
The speaker went off on a tangent about his childhood.
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How to Explain Career Gap in Interview and Resume
- So for example, I'm going off on a tangent here, but if you were, let's say, fired from your last job and they ask you that in the interview, most people are terrified of answering that question.
So for example, I'm going off on a tangent here, but if you were, let's say, fired from your last job and they ask you that in the interview, most people are terrified of answering that question.
- So for example, I'm going off on a tangent here,
So for example, I'm going off on a tangent here,
Efficiency in Comedy: The Office vs. Friends
- Anyway just a tangent that wasn't really related to the videos so I threw it in at the end
Anyway just a tangent that wasn't really related to the videos so I threw it in at the end
- Anyway, just a tangent that wasn't really related to the video, so I threw it in at the end.
Anyway, just a tangent that wasn't really related to the video, so I threw it in at the end.
What Would Jenn Wear? #11
- wow I don't know how I got into that tangent but ok let's move on to the next question
wow I don't know how I got into that tangent but ok let's move on to the next question
- Wow, I don't know how I got into that tangent,
Wow, I don't know how I got into that tangent,
Getting Recognized part 2
- man what's up?" And this is going to be a bit of a tangent but I just want to say
man what's up?" And this is going to be a bit of a tangent but I just want to say
- I went up to the counter and there was this employee that said, "Hey man, what's up?" And this is going to be a bit of a tangent,
I went up to the counter and there was this employee that said, "Hey man, what's up?" And this is going to be a bit of a tangent,
IELTS Speaking Topics and Sample Answers September December 2018 (1/3)
- this will make them go off on a tangent and this is so sad because they'll start talking
this will make them go off on a tangent and this is so sad because they'll start talking
- And this will make them go off on a tangent,
And this will make them go off on a tangent,
2513 - Back in 2023: How to Be Clear About Timelines When Storytelling in English
- So let's say you're putting someone in the setting, or let's say you're telling a story and you went on a tangent and you got interrupted and now you're getting back to it.
So let's say you're putting someone in the setting, or let's say you're telling a story and you went on a tangent and you got interrupted and now you're getting back to it.
- So let's say you're putting someone in the setting, or let's say you're telling a story and you went on a tangent and you got interrupted and now you're getting back to it.
So let's say you're putting someone in the setting, or let's say you're telling a story and you went on a tangent and you got interrupted and now you're getting back to it.
Peter Joseph on Media & Occupy Wall Street | 'Russia Today' Oct 27, 2011 [The Zeitgeist Movement]
![Peter Joseph on Media & Occupy Wall Street | 'Russia Today' Oct 27, 2011 [The Zeitgeist Movement]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GdMkAbE6U24/hqdefault.jpg)
- Now, I can go on a long tangent about what a technical approach to social management may be,
Now, I can go on a long tangent about what a technical approach to social management may be,
- I can go on a long tangent about what a technical approach
I can go on a long tangent about what a technical approach
My Thoughts on Sports
- That was a pretty long tangent.
That was a pretty long tangent.
- That was a pretty long tangent. What are we talking about?
That was a pretty long tangent. What are we talking about?
Biblical Series I: Introduction to the Idea of God
- Okay, so I'm not going to answer the second part of that question because I'd have to go far too far off at a tangent for me to manage right now.
Okay, so I'm not going to answer the second part of that question because I'd have to go far too far off at a tangent for me to manage right now.
- So I'm not going to answer the second part of that question because I'd have to go far too far off on a tangent for me to manage right now.
So I'm not going to answer the second part of that question because I'd have to go far too far off on a tangent for me to manage right now.