Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tangent curve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: tan-gen-t curve
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a plane curve that is the graph of the equation y = tan x, where x is an angle.

Example Sentences

"The shape of the tangent curve is the same for each full rotation of the angle and so the function is called ‘periodic’."

Questions

What does tangent curve mean?: a plane curve that is the graph of the equation y = tan x, where x is an angle.

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