Noun: tangent
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | tangent |
| Sg. definite | tangenten |
| Pl. indefinite | tangenter |
| Pl. definite | tangenterne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | tangents |
| Sg. definite | tangentens |
| Pl. indefinite | tangenters |
| Pl. definite | tangenternes |
Sample Sentences
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Differentialregning kan fortolkes som forsøget på at bestemme en tangents hældning. (Differential calculus may be interpreted as the attempt to determine the slope of a tangent.)
Nouns inflected like tangent
deaktivering,
etablering,
sfinks,
fortovscafé,
desinficering,
sektor,
sekant,
kreation,
sadist,
emulsion,
affirmation,
kreditor,
smiley,
solgud,
soldat,
indvending,
fysioterapi,
shogun,
sheikh,
shaman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin tangēns; cf. German Tangente. See: Latin Nouns '
tangēns'.
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