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Yes. The word tangent is a Scrabble US word. The word tangent is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (1 found)

TANGENT,

6-letter words (2 found)

GANNET,TENANT,

5-letter words (2 found)

AGENT,ANENT,

4-letter words (23 found)

AGEN,ANTE,ETAT,ETNA,GAEN,GANE,GANT,GATE,GEAN,GEAT,GENA,GENT,GETA,GNAT,NANE,NANG,NEAT,NETT,TANE,TANG,TATE,TEAT,TENT,

3-letter words (29 found)

AGE,ANE,ANN,ANT,ATE,ATT,EAN,EAT,ENG,ETA,GAE,GAN,GAT,GEN,GET,NAE,NAG,NAN,NAT,NEG,NET,TAE,TAG,TAN,TAT,TEA,TEG,TEN,TET,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AG,AN,AT,EA,EN,ET,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from tangent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tangent

tangent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tangentem, the accusative of tangēns (“touching”) (in the phrase līnea tangēns (“a touching line”)), the present participle of the verb tangō (“touch”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch”).

Cognate with Old English þaccian (“to touch lightly, pat, stroke”). More at thack, thwack.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tăn'jənt, IPA(key): /ˈtæn.d͡ʒənt/
  • Rhymes: -ænd͡ʒənt

Noun

tangent (plural tangents)

  1. (differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
    Synonym: tangent line
  2. (mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
  3. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
    I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party.
    • 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
      Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: (1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and (2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
  4. (art) A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
  5. (music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • tangential

Translations

Adjective

tangent (not comparable)

  1. (geometry) Touching a curve at a single point but not crossing it at that point.
  2. Of a topic, only loosely related to a main topic.
  3. (rail transport, of track) Straight; not horizontally curved.

Derived terms

  • tangently

See also

  • cosine
  • non sequitur
  • sine
  • trigonometry

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tangentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [təɲˈʒen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [təɲˈʒent]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [taɲˈd͡ʒent]

Noun

tangent f (plural tangents)

  1. (trigonometry) tangent

Derived terms

  • cotangent

Further reading

  • “tangent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tangēns; cf. German Tangente.

Noun

tangent c (singular definite tangenten, plural indefinite tangenter)

  1. (geometry) tangent
  2. piano key

Declension

Related terms

  • tangens
  • tangerende
  • tangere

References

  • “tangent” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tangentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/

Adjective

tangent (feminine tangente, masculine plural tangents, feminine plural tangentes)

  1. (mathematics) tangential
  2. borderline

Further reading

  • “tangent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.ɡent/, [ˈt̪äŋɡɛn̪t̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.d͡ʒent/, [ˈt̪än̠ʲd͡ʒen̪t̪]

Verb

tangent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of tangō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Tangente, Tangens, ultimately from Latin tangēns.

Noun

tangent m (definite singular tangenten, indefinite plural tangenter, definite plural tangentene)

  1. (geometry) tangent
  2. (music) key (e.g., on a piano)

References

  • “tangent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Tangente, Tangens, ultimately from Latin tangēns.

Noun

tangent m (definite singular tangenten, indefinite plural tangentar, definite plural tangentane)

  1. (geometry) tangent
  2. (music) key (e.g., on a piano)

References

  • “tangent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tangent, Latin tangēns, tangentem.

Adjective

tangent m or n (feminine singular tangentă, masculine plural tangenți, feminine and neuter plural tangente)

  1. tangent

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tangēns; cf. German Tangente.

Noun

tangent c

  1. key (button on a typewriter, computer keyboard or piano)
  2. (mathematics) tangent

Declension

Related terms

  • tangens
  • tangentbord

Source: wiktionary.org