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.
manger. n. 1. (Agriculture) a trough or box in a stable, barn, etc, from which horses or cattle feed. 2. (Nautical Terms) nautical a basin-like construction in the bows of a vessel for catching water draining from an anchor rode or coming in through the hawseholes.