@ What do you mean by tangent?
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ɪɴ ɢᴇᴏᴍᴇᴛʀʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀɴɢᴇɴᴛ ʟɪɴᴇ (ᴏʀ sɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴛᴀɴɢᴇɴᴛ) ᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴘʟᴀɴᴇ ᴄᴜʀᴠᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ sᴛʀᴀɪɢʜᴛ ʟɪɴᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ "ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜᴇs" ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀᴠᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ. ʟᴇɪʙɴɪᴢ ᴅᴇғɪɴᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɴᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀ ᴘᴀɪʀ ᴏғ ɪɴғɪɴɪᴛᴇʟʏ ᴄʟᴏsᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀᴠᴇ. ... ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅ "ᴛᴀɴɢᴇɴᴛ" ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛɪɴ ᴛᴀɴɢᴇʀᴇ, "ᴛᴏ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ"
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A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point
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