Word Meanings - SEMITANGENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The tangent of half an arc.

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
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.
TANGENTAL
Tangential.
TANGENT SPOKE
A tension spoke of a bicycle or similar wheel, secured tangentially to the hub.
TANGENTIALLY
In the direction of a tangent.
TANGENT WHEEL
A worm or worm wheel; a tangent screw. A wheel with tangent spokes.
COTANGENT
The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
BITANGENT
Possessing the property of touching at two points. -- n.
SUBTANGENT
The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.
SEMITANGENT
The tangent of half an arc.