Both Uses of "tangent" in "Amusement Park Physics"

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Both Uses

tangent
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Amusement Park Physics
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In a normal carousel, each horse maintains a constant acceleration, radius, and tangential speed (speed tangent to the circular path of the carousel).†
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In a normal carousel, each horse maintains a constant acceleration, radius, and tangential speed (speed tangent to the circular path of the carousel).†
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(1) (tangent as in: off-topic on a tangent)
a topic with little or no connection to the main subject
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
in geometry or math, touching at only a single point