(of a line or plane) touching, but not intersecting, a curve or curved surface: this curve is tangent to the average cost curve
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1a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point.
2a completely different line of thought or action:Loretta’s mind went off at a tangent
3 Mathematics the trigonometric function that is equal to the ratio of the sides (other than the hypotenuse) opposite and adjacent to an angle in a right-angled triangle.