tangens

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tangens.^[1] With -ens ending.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒŋɡɛnʃ]
• Hyphenation: tan‧gens
• Rhymes: -ɛnʃ

Noun

tangens (plural tangensek)

1. (trigonometry) tangent

   Coordinate terms: szinusz, koszinusz

References

Further reading

• tangens in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Etymology

Present active participle of tangō (“touch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.ɡens/, [ˈt̪äŋɡẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.d͡ʒens/, [ˈt̪än̠ʲd͡ʒens]

Participle

tangēns (genitive tangentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. touching, grasping
2. reaching, arriving at
3. attaining to
4. moving, affecting
5. coming home to

Noun

tangēns f (genitive tangentis); third declension

1. (mathematics) tangent

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin tangēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋ.ɡɛns/

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡɛns
• Syllabification: tan‧gens

Noun

tangens m inan (related adjective tangensowy)

1. (trigonometry) tangent (in a right triangle, the ratio of the sine to the cosine of an angle)

   Hypernym: funkcja trygonometryczna

   Coordinate terms: cosecans, cosinus, cotangens, secans, sinus

Further reading

• tangens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin (linea) tangens.

Noun

tangens c

1. (mathematics) tangent (trigonometric function)

   Synonyms: tan, (dated) tangent

   Tangens för 45 grader är 1

   The tangent of 45 degrees is 1

References

• tangens in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tangens in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tangens in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)