| tangental | <geometry> Tangential. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| 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) |
| tangue | <zoology> The tenrec. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tangun | <zoology> A piebald variety of the horse, native of Thibet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tangwhaup | <zoology> The whimbrel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tanier | <botany> An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies. Alternative forms: tannier. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |