Index of English words, starting with "ta"

(1) - Tang (v. i.) To make a ringing sound; to ring.
(2) - Tang (v. t.) To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.
(3) - Tang (n.) A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
(4) - Tang (n.) The tongue of a buckle.
(5) - Tang (n.) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
(6) - Tang (n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
(7) - Tang (n.) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
(8) - Tang (n.) A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position.
(9) - Tang (n.) Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang.
(10) - Tang (n.) A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask.
(11) - Tang (n.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).

(1) - Tanged (imp. & p. p.) of Tang

(1) - Tangency (n.) The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

(1) - Tangent (a.) 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.
(2) - Tangent (a.) Touching; touching at a single point
(3) - Tangent (v. t.) 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.