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(Entry 1 of 2)
a departure from the subject under consideration
- in the middle of her description of her dog's symptoms, she went off on a tangent about its cute behavior
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adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of tangent (Entry 2 of 2)
as in tangential, peripheral
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The first known use of tangent was in 1594
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