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单词 tangent
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tangent

Word family nountangencytangentialitytangentadjectivetangentialadverbtangentially
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tan·gent /ˈtændʒənt/ noun [countableC]  
1 go off at a tangent British EnglishBrE, go off on a tangent American EnglishAmE informalTHINK/HAVE THE OPINION THAT to suddenly start thinking or talking about a subject that is only slightly related, or not related at all, to the original subject 突然离开原来的思路;突然离题
 Let’s stay with the topic and not go off at a tangent.
我们还是继续讨论正题吧,不要离题。
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2. technicalHM a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cut across it 切线
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Origin tangent
(1500-1600) Latin present participle of tangere; → TANGIBLE
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