The Latin root tactus is part of the word tangent. What does the word tangent mean?

Name: The Latin root tactus is part of the word tangent. What does the word tangent mean?
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Description: The Latin root tactus is part of the word tangent. What does the word tangent mean?

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Norman Atentar · Answer

So the definition target angle respectively to the acute angles in a right triangle right angle

Mohamed Mohamed · Answer

So here we want to define angle of elevation. This concept only makes sense for right triangles.

William Rauen · Answer

So the word tangent literally means touch, which in mathematics we take to mean touches and only

Andrew Bassila · Answer

All right, in this problem, they kind of want us to prove the Pythagran identity and also a rati

Abhishek Kumar · Answer

circle circle is a set of points which have fixed distance from a fixed point so this is our poi

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The Latin root tactus is part of the word tangent. What does the word tangent mean?

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