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subtangent

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sub⋅tan⋅gent

  [suhb-tan-juhnt]
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–noun Geometry.
the part of the x-axis cut off between the ordinate of a given point of a curve and the tangent at that point.
Origin:
1705–15; sub- + tangent
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