tangents is a form of:

Tangent



noun
1.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ប៉ះ ចំនុចប៉ះ
2.
(GEOMETRY) (1. A line, curve, or surface touching but not intersecting another line, curve, or surface. 2. Mathematics. The trigonometric function of an acute angle in a right triangle that is the ratio of the length of the side opposite the angle to the length of the side adjacent to the angle. 3. A sudden digression or change of course: went off on a tangent during the courtroom argument. 4. Music. An upright pin in a keyboard instrument, especially in a clavichord, that rises to sound a string when a key is depressed and stops the string at a preset length to set the pitch) draw a tangent ផុដ្ឋរេខា
adjective
1.
(a tangent line curve or surface, a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not intersect it, touching) ដែលប៉ះប្រផុតប្រផើយ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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.
adjective
1.
Touching; touching at a single point
2.
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.