tangent
NOUN
/tændʒənt/
7 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH T
tangent is a valid 7-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1A1N1G2E1N1T1
1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING
What does tangent mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
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2
A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point.
BROADER
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