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A: A tangent. ( n5 t! r/ \. u1 f: o) S6 |$ o6 Z" s& [( d2 Q! t3 u9 h
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noun : S! ]& x# N+ }" W9 R1 a (geometry) a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cross it