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| tang | <botany> A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). <zoology> Tang sparrow, the rock pipit. Origin: Of Scand. Origin; cf. Dan. Tang seaweed, Sw. Tang, Icel. Thang. Cf. Tangle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tangalung | <zoology> An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tangent | <geometry> A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function. Artificial, or Logarithmic, tangent, the logarithm of the natural tangent of an arc. Natural tangent, a decimal expressing the length of the tangent of an arc, the radius being reckoned unity. <physics> Tangent galvanometer, a form of galvanometer having a circular coil and a short needle, in which the tangent of the angle of deflection of the needle is proportional to the strength of the current. Tangent of an angle, the natural tangent of the arc subtending or measuring the angle. Tangent of an arc, a right line, as ta, touching the arc of a circle at one extremity a, and terminated by a line ct, passing from the center through the other extremity o. Origin: L. Tangens, -entis, p.pr. Of tangere to touch; akin to Gr. Having seized: cf. F. Tangente. Cf. Attain, Contaminate, Contingent, Entire, Tact, Taste, Tax. <geometry> Touching; touching at a single point; specifically meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces. <geometry> Tangent plane, an endless screw; a worm. Origin: L. Tangens, -entis, p.pr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tangent screen | A flat, usually black surface used to measure the central 30 degrees of the field of vision. Synonym: Bjerrum screen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tangental | <geometry> Tangential. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tangential | <geometry> Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent. Tangential force See Shear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tangential wound | A perforating wound or seton wound that involves only one side of the part. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tangentiality | A disturbance in the associative thought process in which one tends to digress readily from one topic under discussion to other topics which arise in the course of associations; observed in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and certain types of organic brain disorders. Compare: circumstantiality. Origin: off on a tangent, fr. L. Tango, to touch (05 Mar 2000) |
| tangerine | <botany> A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper colour and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin. Alternative forms: tangierine. Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tangfish | <zoology> The common harbor seal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tanghinia | <botany> The ordeal tree. <botany> Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp. "Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean." (C. Kingsley) 2. [From Tangle] A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively. 3. An instrument consisting essentiallly of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea. Blue tangle. <botany> The turnstone. Origin: Cf. Icel. Thongull. See Tang seaweed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tangier disease | A familial lipoprotein deficiency caused by a decreased synthesis and increased catabolism of the apolipoprotein components a-l and a-II (apo a-I and apo a-II) of high-density lipoproteins (hdl) (lipoproteins, hdl). Hdl is absent from plasma, and the other lipoproteins are abnormal. Cholesteryl esters accumulate in the reticuloendothelial cells. It is also called analphalipoproteinaemia and familial high-density lipoprotein (hdl) deficiency. It was named after the chesapeake bay island where the first cases were identified. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tangle | A small irregular knot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tanglefish | <marine biology> The sea adder, or great pipefish of Europe. (26 Nov 1998) |
| tangram | A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary schools as a means of instruction. Origin: Cf. Trangram. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea tang | <botany> A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle. "To their nests of sedge and sea tang." (Longfellow) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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Synonyms : High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Tangier Type, High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Type I, Neuropathy of Tangier Disease, Tangier Hereditary Neuropathy, A alphalipoprotein Neuropathy, Hereditary Neuropathy, Tangier, Neuropathies, Tangier Disease
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embroil: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" ravel: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" tousle: disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair" a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines" something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" entangle: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
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relish: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth nip: a tart spicy quality the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 bladderwrack: a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure serrated wrack: brown algae seaweed with serrated edges any of various coarse seaweeds sea tangle: any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria
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| tang |
Tangs are a kind of saltwater fish which inhabit shallow reefs from the east coast of Africa northward to the Red Sea, over the broad span of the Indo-Pacific and Oceania, and eastward to the Hawaiian Islands. They are, however, not found in the Atlantic or western Pacific. The ideal temperature of their habitat is warm waters between the middle 70s and low 80s Fahrenheit (25 to 30
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| Tangier disease |
A genetic disorder that is characterized by a defect in the efflux of cholesterol and its associated esters to high-density lipoproteins. The disease was first identified in a five-year-old inhabitant of the island of Tangier, located off the coast of Virginia, USA.
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| tangentiality |
Replying to a question in an oblique or irrelevant way. Compare with circumstantiality.
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| tang | any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria |
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| tang | any of various coarse seaweeds |
| tang | brown algae seaweed with serrated edges |
| tang | common black rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure |
| tang | a tart spiciness |
| tang | the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth |
| tang | the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 |
| tang | the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 |
| tang | a former state in East Africa |
| tang | the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo |
| tang | Japanese architect (born in 1913) |
| tang | large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin |
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