tangens

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See also: Tangens and tångens

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tangens.

Pronunciation

Noun

tangens m inan (indeclinable)

  1. (trigonometry) tangent

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tangens. Cf. German Tangens.

Noun

tangens

  1. tangent (trigonometrical function)
    Tangens til 0 er 0, og tangens til 90 grader er udefineret.
    The tangent of 0 is 0, and the tangent of 90 degrees is undefined.

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References

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tangens. With -ens ending.

Pronunciation

Noun

tangens (plural tangensek)

  1. (trigonometry) tangent
    Coordinate terms: szinusz, koszinusz

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative tangens tangensek
accusative tangenst tangenseket
dative tangensnek tangenseknek
instrumental tangenssel tangensekkel
causal-final tangensért tangensekért
translative tangenssé tangensekké
terminative tangensig tangensekig
essive-formal tangensként tangensekként
essive-modal
inessive tangensben tangensekben
superessive tangensen tangenseken
adessive tangensnél tangenseknél
illative tangensbe tangensekbe
sublative tangensre tangensekre
allative tangenshez tangensekhez
elative tangensből tangensekből
delative tangensről tangensekről
ablative tangenstől tangensektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tangensé tangenseké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tangenséi tangensekéi
Possessive forms of tangens
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tangensem tangenseim
2nd person sing. tangensed tangenseid
3rd person sing. tangense tangensei
1st person plural tangensünk tangenseink
2nd person plural tangensetek tangenseitek
3rd person plural tangensük tangenseik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • tangens in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of tangō (touch).

Pronunciation

Participle

tangēns (genitive tangentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. touching, grasping
  2. reaching, arriving at
  3. attaining to
  4. moving, affecting
  5. coming home to

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative tangēns tangentēs tangentia
Genitive tangentis tangentium
Dative tangentī tangentibus
Accusative tangentem tangēns tangentēs
tangentīs
tangentia
Ablative tangente
tangentī1
tangentibus
Vocative tangēns tangentēs tangentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Noun

tangēns f (genitive tangentis); third declension

  1. (mathematics) tangent

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tangēns tangentēs
Genitive tangentis tangentium
Dative tangentī tangentibus
Accusative tangentem tangentēs
tangentīs
Ablative tangente tangentibus
Vocative tangēns tangentēs

Descendants

Polish

tangens

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin tangēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋ.ɡɛns/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡɛns
  • Syllabification: tan‧gens

Noun

tangens m inan (related adjective tangensowy)

  1. (trigonometry) tangent (in a right triangle, the ratio of the sine to the cosine of an angle)
    Hypernym: funkcja trygonometryczna
    Coordinate terms: cosecans, cosinus, cotangens, secans, sinus

Declension

Related terms

adjective
adverb
noun

Further reading

  • tangens in Polish dictionaries at PWN