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What is the noun for tangential?

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tangent
  1. (geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
  2. (mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
  3. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
  4. A small metal blade by which a clavichord produces sound.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “As usual, with many of us loquacious academics, I will likely go off on a tangent during the discussion.”
tangentiality
  1. The quality of being tangential.
  2. (medicine) A mental condition in which one tends to digress from the topic under discussion, especially by word association.
tangency
  1. The state of being tangent; an instance of (something) being tangent.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “If in addition the Mobius transformations are required to respect the points of tangency, the limit set becomes a simple closed curve.”
      “For complementary resources, this combination is also the point of tangency between an isocline and the constraint curve.”
      “From the usual tangency can be read the consumption choices and present saving or dissaving.”
tangence
  1. Alternative form of tangency
  2. Examples:
    1. “The points of intangence, or extangence, of two circumferences are the points of tangence of their intangents, or extangents.”
tangentialities
  1. plural of tangentiality
tangences
  1. plural of tangence
tangencies
tangents
  1. plural of tangent
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Filtered through his camera lens, the story veers off on eccentric tangents.”
      “Otherwise, people will start going off on different tangents, and you can't have that.”
      “There are exactly three parallel tangents to the cardioid with any given gradient.”
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