Usage of "tangent function"

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Ratio of lengths of opposite side and the adjacent side of a right angled triangle; a trigonometric function.

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And, of course, he has no problem talking about his perpetual tan. 
 Reuters 

There was the year when someone told Rashida Jones she looked tan. 
 The new yorker 

Rather than giving up completely, a gradual tan is a good option. 
 The Irish Times 

Wallman's tan and his taste in jewelry are common among his colleagues. 
 The new yorker 

Enormous sand dunes shouldered the beach and rippled inland like tan water. 
 Riding rockets 

There's a tangent about whether goat farmers should remove their animals' horns. 
 The Guardian 

The tangent drawn here passes through the optimum selected by the SWF. 
 Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy 

The straight course is life, the tangent disease, the saving lunge recovery. 
 Preventable Diseases 

Block and slab were aligned on a tangent with the target stand. 
 Death angel 

On a straight stretch or tangent section, there are no lateral forces. 
 The Irish Times 

Usage of tangent function in English

It starts with the inverse tangent function. 
 Wired 

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Meanings of tangent function in English