subtangent

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tangent.

Noun

subtangent (plural subtangents)

1. (geometry) The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “subtangent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)