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Why Is Tangent Called Tangent? [Solved]
The word tangent comes from Latin tangens meaning “touching”, since the line touches the circle of unit radius, whereas secant stems from Latin secans—“cutting”—since the line cuts the circle.
Why is tangent called “tangent” in trigonometry? (TANTON Mathematics)
And why is secant
Why Is Tangent Called Tangent?
And now for a little historical tidbit about
why is it called tangent
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