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tangent line

noun

tangent(def 4).

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Nearby words

  1. tange,
  2. tangelo,
  3. tangency,
  4. tangent,
  5. tangent galvanometer,
  6. tangent plane,
  7. tangental,
  8. tangential,
  9. tangential motion,
  10. tangentiality
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