tangent

ratio of lengths of opposite side and the adjacent side of a right angled triangle; a trigonometric function
Thing trigonometric_function Q1129196
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tangent

Summary

tangent is a trigonometric function[1]. tangent draws 65 Wikipedia views per month (trigonometric_function category, ranking #5 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • tangent's image is recorded as Tangent-plot.svg[3].
  • tangent's instance of is recorded as trigonometric function[4].
  • tangent's instance of is recorded as odd function[5].
  • tangent's instance of is recorded as meromorphic function[6].
  • tangent's part of is recorded as tangent and cotangent[7].
  • tangent's Commons category is recorded as Tangent function[8].
  • tangent's opposite of is recorded as cotangent[9].
  • tangent's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1092-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • tangent's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-2:2019 Quantities and units — Part 2: Mathematics[11].
  • tangent's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/tangent-mathematical-function[12].
  • tangent's definition domain is recorded as real numbers without odd multiples of π/2[13].
  • tangent's codomain is recorded as set of real numbers[14].
  • tangent's partial function domain is recorded as set of real numbers[15].
  • tangent's different from is recorded as Prevot Island[16].
  • tangent's different from is recorded as tangent[17].
  • tangent's image of function is recorded as set of real numbers[18].
  • tangent's defining formula is recorded as \tan x = \frac{\sin x}{\cos x}[19].
  • tangent's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1211qb1w[20].
  • tangent's MathWorld ID is recorded as Tangent[21].
  • tangent's Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID is recorded as tangente[22].
  • tangent's OpenMath ID is recorded as transc1#tan[23].
  • tangent's Larousse ID is recorded as images/Fonction_tangente/1012309[24].
  • tangent's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[25].
  • tangent's De Agostini ID is recorded as tangènte[26].
  • tangent's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Tangent_Function[27].

Why It Matters

tangent draws 65 Wikipedia views per month (trigonometric_function category, ranking #5 of 12).[2] tangent has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] tangent is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). tangent. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangent-q1129196
MLA “tangent.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangent-q1129196.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tangent-q1129196_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{tangent}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangent-q1129196}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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