Tangent (disambiguation)

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The word tangent comes from a Latin word that means "touching", and has several meanings:

A clavichord tangent is a part of the action of the clavichord that both initates and sustains a tone, and helps determine pitch.
A tangent piano tangent is a part of the action of the tangent piano that only initiates the sound by striking the string(s) and rebounding immediately in the manner of a piano.
In mathematics, a tangent is either the geometric tangent or the trigonometric tangent, which are related.
A tangent is another way to refer to a red herring, or a topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
Tangent Comics was a short-lived imprint of DC Comics.
The Tangent is a progrock band from Sweden.
The Tangent Universe is the alternate universe in time travel, as used the cult film Donnie Darko.

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