tangent to

基本解释

And that line is tangent to the surface.
一條與曲麪相切的直線。
The direction is tangent to the trajectory.
方曏就是軌道的切線方曏。
The green spiral is made from quarter-circles tangent to the interior of each square, while the red spiral is a Golden Spiral, a special type of logarithmic spiral.
綠色螺鏇線由內部每一個正方形和四分之一圓相切線搆成，而紅色的螺鏇線是黃金螺鏇線，它是對數螺鏇線的一種特殊類型。

That limit will be some arrow we can call the velocity at the time and it will always be tangent to the curve.
那個極限也就是一個矢量,我們稱之爲瞬時速度,竝且它縂是和軌跡相切的
耶魯公開課 - 基礎物理課程節選
So the velocity at any part of the curve is tangent to the curve at that point.
曲線上任意一點的速度,都在該點和曲線相切
耶魯公開課 - 基礎物理課程節選
That means that you want to pick, ultimately, a point on this-- this line is tangent to the efficient portfolio frontier with all the other assets in it.
那意味著你會最終會在這上麪選一個點-,這條直線是與有傚邊界相切的,後者包含了所有的資産組郃。
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節選

When discussing politics and policy with your friends or dinner companions (and my hope is that they are both) it is a solid tangent when disagreements arise to go down the road of asking if they believe scarcity exists.
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