Word Meanings - COTANGENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
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- TANGENTIAL
Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent. Tangential force , a force which acts on a moving body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the body, its effect being to increase or diminish the velocity; -- distinguished - ANGLE
A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." Chaucer. 5. Etym: (more info) 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles - ILLUSTROUS
Without luster. - ILLUSTRIOUS
1. Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid. Quench the light; thine eyes are guides illustrious. Beau. & Fl. 2. Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished. Illustrious earls, renowened - ILLUSTRATIVELY
By way of illustration or elucidation. Sir T. Browne. - ILLUSTRATIVE
1. Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate. 2. Making illustrious. - TANGENT
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. - ANGLEWISE
In an angular manner; angularly. - ANGLED
Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right- angled, many-angled, etc. The thrice three-angled beechnut shell. Bp. Hall. - COMPLEMENTARY
Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. Complementary colors. See under Color. -- Complementary angles , two angles whose sum is 90°. - COMPLEMENT
A second quantity added to a given quantity to make equal to a third given quantity. 5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. Without vain art or curious complements. Spenser. (more info) 1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity - ILLUSTRIOUSNESS
The state or quality of being eminent; greatness; grandeur; glory; fame. - TANGENTAL
Tangential. - ILLUSTRATION
1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct. 2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, - TANGENT SPOKE
A tension spoke of a bicycle or similar wheel, secured tangentially to the hub. - ILLUSTRIOUSLY
In a illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously. Milton. - ANGLESITE
A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals. - ILLUSTRATE
1. To make clear, bright, or luminous. Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky. Chapman. 2. To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously. Shak. To prove him, and illustrate his high worth. Milton. 3. To make clear, - TANGENTIALLY
In the direction of a tangent. - ILLUSTRATOR
One who illustrates. - UNTANGLE
To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread. Untangle but this cruel chain. Prior. - BRANGLE
A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. A brangle between him and his neighbor. Swift. (more info) brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused - QUINQUEANGLED
Having five angles; quinquangular. - TRIANGLE
A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles. Note: A triangle is either plane, spherical, or curvilinear, according as its sides are straight lines, or arcs of great circles of a sphere, or any curved lines whatever. A - WIDE-ANGLE
Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; -- applied to certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50º or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100º and are useful for photographing - FANGLE
Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament. - COTANGENT
The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. - NEWFANGLENESS
Newfangledness. Chaucer. Proud newfangleness in their apparel. Robynson . - ACUTE-ANGLED
Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle. - STRANGLE HOLD
In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed. - NEWFANGLED
1. Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty. "A newfangled nomenclature." Sir W. Hamilton. 2. Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new theories or fashions. "Newfangled teachers." 1 Tim. vi. . "Newfangled men." Latimer. - DANGLE
To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion. he'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras. From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson. To dangle about or after, to hang upon importunately; - EQUIANGLED
Equiangular. Boyle. - RIGHT-ANGLED
Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle. - JANGLERESS
A female prater or babbler.