tangent

1. A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.

   a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point

2. A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.

   Tangente, Tangens

   каса́тельнаяkasátelʹnaja, та́нгенсtángens

   доти́чнаdotýčna, та́нгенсtánhens

3. A course suddenly and unexpectedly divergent from one which was previously being followed (especially one embarked on before reaching the end of the previous course).

4. A course suddenly and unexpectedly divergent from one which was previously being followed (especially one embarked on before reaching the end of the previous course).

   A new topic of discussion unrelated to the one which came before it, arrived at due to a single (peripheral or trivial) point in common with it.

   I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party.

   Nebensache

   отклоне́ние от те́мыotklonénije ot témy, отступле́ниеotstuplénije, побо́чная те́маpobóčnaja téma

   ліри́чний ві́дступlirýčnyj vídstup

5. A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.

6. A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.

1. Tom went off on a tangent.

   deTom sprang plötzlich vom Thema ab.

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2. The line s is tangent to the circumference described.

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3. Stop me if I go off on a tangent.

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4. Sorry, I didn't mean to go off on a tangent.

   deEntschuldigung, ich wollte nicht vom Thema abschweifen.

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5. Stick to the subject, don't go off on a tangent.

   deBleib beim Thema, ohne abzuschweifen!

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