SUBTANGENT


Meaning of SUBTANGENT in English

/sub tan"jeuhnt/ , n. Geom.

the part of the x-axis cut off between the ordinate of a given point of a curve and the tangent at that point.

[ 1705-15; SUB- + TANGENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .