1. A right line which touches a curve, but which, when produced, does not cut it. Tangent of an arc, a right line drawn touching one extremity of the arc, and limited by a secant or line drawn through the centre and the other extremity.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• tennent,
• danget,
• tanant,
• tonget,
• tanget,
• tenent,
• tannent,
• manegent,
• angent,
• tangental,
• managent,
• takent,
• congent,
• tangeants,
• tentent,
• tagent,
• mangent,
• tangeant,
• tanent,
• targent

• tangency,
• tanginess,
• tangeman,
• tangential,
• Tangshan.

The adjective form of the word "tangent" is "tangential".

The plural of the "tangent" can be the "tangents".

The singular of the "tangent" can be the "tangent".