tangents

英 [ˈtændʒənts]

美 [ˈtændʒənts]

n.  切线; 正切
tangent的复数

柯林斯词典

• 切线
  Atangentis a line that touches the edge of a curve or circle at one point, but does not cross it.
• PHRASE 突然偏离原来的思路;突然离题
  If someonegoes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
  1. The conversation went off at a tangent.
     交谈突然偏离了正题。

双语例句

• We don't have any of this kind of stuff in the synoptics of Jesus just going off on tangents for paragraphs at a time and talking for a whole chapter sometimes.
  在符类福音中是没有这种东西的，有时就是大段大段的话，甚至整章都是他说的话。
• Three-diameter ells with tangents reducing extension piece
  带切线直管段的三倍直径弯头
• The main contributions of this paper include: three methods of curve reconstruction based on end-point tangents, and three methods of surface reconstructing based on normal controlled mesh.
  主要贡献包括：切矢量控制的曲线重建3种方法，以及法矢量控制的曲面重建3种方法。
• A pair of cylindrical helix splines which are G1-jointed can interpolate two given end-points and their tangents, and fit several needs of design, such as to approximate two end-points normal directions of the double cylindrical helix segment, to smooth resulting curves, etc.
  一对G1拼接的圆柱螺线段可插值空间两端点位矢和单位切矢，且可适应不同的设计要求，如逼近在双圆柱螺线段两端点处的主法矢，使曲线光顺等。
• Is import of tangents supported by this importer.
  通过导入器是否支持切线导入。
• As a writer who had always been much to fond of parentheses and footnotes, I found this opportunity to go off on tangents irresistible.
  作为一名总是过度痴迷于各种小伎俩和注释的作者，我发现这是一个难以抵抗的偏离主题的机会。
• A Method of Drawing Quadric Curve Tangents
  二次曲线的切线作法
• On the theorem of turning tangents of simple closed curves
  关于简单闭曲线切线的旋转指标定理
• With a bit more effort, techies could also compute ratios, inverses, sines, cosines and tangents.
  如果再多花点功夫，这些科技高手还能算出比例、数、弦、弦和正切等值。
• Once these tangents which play the role of support and resistance are broken, it is an action signal.
  这些起着支撑线和压力线作用的切线一旦被突破，就是我们采取行动的信号。