Related Words for tangent

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tangential
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
digression
x/x
Noun
ramble
/x
Noun
hyperbolic
xx/x
Adjective
rant
/
Noun
tangency
/xx
Noun
hyperbola
x/xx
Noun
point
/
Noun
perpendicular
xx/xx
Adjective, Verb
secant
x/
Noun
angle
/x
Noun
disquisition
xx/x
Noun
topic
/x
Noun
obtuse
x/
Adjective
pointless
/x
Adjective
parallel
/xx
Noun, Adverb
veering
/x
Verb
musing
/x
Noun
oblique
x/
Adjective
orthogonal
x/xx
Adjective
axis
/x
Noun
discussion
x/x
Noun
slant
/
Noun
silly
/x
Adjective
conic
/x
Noun
solipsistic
x/xx
Adjective
tautological
/x/xx
Adjective
philosophical
xx/xx
Noun
meandering
x/xx
Noun
imaginary
x/xxx
Adjective
prattle
/x
Noun
excursus
x/x
Noun
circular
/xx
Adjective
wrong
/
Adjective
tirade
x/
Noun
jaunt
/
Noun
trivial
/xx
Adjective
idiotic
xx/x
Adjective
crazy
/x
Adjective
oversimplification
xx/xxxx
Noun
slope
/
Noun
polar
/x
Noun
law of tangents
///x
Phrase, Noun
curve
/
Noun
diagonal
x/xx
Noun
normal
/x
Adjective
geodesic
xx/x
Adjective
cusp
/
Noun
chord
/
Noun
asymptote
/xx
Noun
angle of torsion
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
line
/
Noun, Adjective
radiant
/xx
Noun
subnormal
//x
Adjective
node
/
Noun
focal
/x
Adjective
involute
xxx
Noun
trend
/
Noun
curvature
/xx
Noun
intercept
xx/
Noun
parabola
x/xx
Noun
foot
/
Noun
distribution
xx/x
Noun
traverse
/x
Noun
right angle
//x
Phrase, Noun
radius
/xx
Noun
bisector
x/x
Noun
oval
/x
Adjective
point of inflection
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
gradient
/xx
Noun
singularity
/x/xx
Noun
trope
x
Noun
envelope
/xx
Noun
pole
/
Noun
ordinary differential equation
/xxxxx/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
spiral
/x
Noun
translation
x/x
Noun
transversal
x/x
Noun
term
/
Noun
diameter
x/xx
Noun
saddle
/x
Noun
spline
x
Noun
tooth
/
Noun
ellipse
x/
Noun
cross
/
Noun
cubic
/x
Adjective
calculates
/xx
Noun, Verb
loss
/
Adjective
sine
/
Noun
arg
/
Noun
modulus
/xx
Verb
offsets
/x
Noun
trigonometric
xxx/x
Adjective
cosine
x/x
Noun
permittivity
x//xx
Noun
dielectric
x/x
Adjective, Noun
intersects
xx/
Verb
radians
/xx
Noun
steepest
/x
Adjective
trajectory
x/xx
Noun
computes
x/
Verb
inclination
xx/x
Noun
meridian
x/xx
Noun
horizontal
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
vertex
/x
Noun
deflection
x/x
Noun
jerking
/x
Verb
touches
/x
Verb
circle
/x
Noun
inverse
x/
Noun
intersection
xx/x
Noun
arc
/
Noun
returns
x/
Verb
contour
/x
Noun
downstream
//
Adjective
fly
/
Verb
adjacent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
algebra
/xx
Noun
aside
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
axial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
coefficient
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
degree
x/
Noun
elliptic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
equipotential
x/x/x
Adjective, Noun
euclidean
/x/x
Adjective
fig
/
Name, Verb
geometry
x/xx
Noun
getaway
/xx
Noun, Adjective
interatomic
xxx/x
Adjective
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
lam
/
Noun, Verb
math
/
Noun, Verb
midpoint
/x
Noun
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
opposite
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
ordinate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
paper
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
parabolic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
pi
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pitch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
plane
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
resultant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
shear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
skew
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
spin
/
Noun, Verb
straight
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
tack
/
Noun, Verb
track
/
Noun, Verb
trigonometry
/x/xx
Noun
u
/
Noun, Adjective
vertical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
y
x
Noun, Adverb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
literally
/xxx
Adverb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb