Q: What was the geometry student looking for at the beach?9 ^$ |; q4 W- }1 G$ z. [9 S D2 G
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tangent 8 T% q y/ R% M, ?- L# \0 J* v' A noun 3 E$ q" I: O6 _2 N (geometry) a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cross it