transcription, транскрипция: [ tændʒ(ə)nt ]
( tangents)
1.
A tangent is a line that touches the edge of a curve or circle at one point, but does not cross it.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone goes off at a tangent , they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
The conversation went off at a tangent.
PHRASE : V and N inflect