1.Geometry. A line which touches a circle or ellipse at just one point. Below, the blue line is a tangent to the circle c. Note the radius to the point of tangency is always perpendicular to the tangent line.For more on this see Tangent to a circle.onstructing the tangent to a circle at a given point on the circle with compass and straightedge or ruler. It works by using the fact that a tangent to a circle is perpendicular to the radius at the point of contact.
Definitions for -mancer. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word -mancer. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: -mancer(Suffix) A practitioner of a specific type of divination.
Full Definition of RHINOCEROS. : any of a family (Rhinocerotidae) of large heavyset herbivorous perissodactyl mammals of Africa and Asia that have one or two upright keratinous horns on the snout and thick gray to brown skin with little hair. See rhinoceros defined for English-language learners.See rhinoceros defined for kids.ord History of RHINOCEROS. The ancient Greeks were familiar with the African species of rhinoceros and called the animal in Greek monokerÅs, â one-horned, â and more commonly rhinokerÅs, â nose-horned.