English English Dictionary

of Tang

Tangency.

The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.

Touching; touching at a single point

meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.

Tangential.

Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.

In the direction of a tangent.

A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin.

The common harbor seal.

The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal.

The quality or state of being tangible.

Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.

Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.

of Tang

To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.

To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.

Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.