Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Tanagrine

Tan″a‐grine (–grīn), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the tanagers.

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Tanagroid

Tan″a‐groid (–groid), a. [Tanager + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Tanagrine.

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Tanate

‖Ta‐na″te (tȧ‐nä″tā̍), n.(Zoöl.) An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog.

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Tandem

Tan″dem (tăn″dĕm), adv. & a. [L. tandem at length (of time only), punningly taken as meaning, lengthwise.] One after another; — said especially of horses harnessed and driven on...

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Tandem (2)

Tan″dem, n. A team of horses harnessed one before the other. “He drove tandems.” Thackeray.Tandem engine, a compound steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in the same ...

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Tandem (3)

Tan″dem, n. A tandem bicycle or other vehicle.

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Tandem cart

Tan″dem cart. A kind of two-wheeled vehicle with seats back to back, the front one somewhat elevated.

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Tandem engine

Tandem engine. A steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in line, with a common piston rod.

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Tandem system

Tandem system. (Elec.) = Cascade system.

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Tang

Tang (tăng), n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. tang seaweed, Sw. tång, Icel. þang. Cf. Tangle.] (Bot.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fucus nodosus). Dr. Prior.Tang sparrow(Zoöl.), the...

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Tang (2)

Tang, n. [Probably fr. OD. tanger sharp, tart, literally, pinching; akin to E. tongs. √59. See Tong.] 1. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous...

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Tang (3)

Tang, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Twang. This word has become confused with tang taste, flavor.] A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.

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Tang (4)

Tang, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tanged (tăngd); p. pr. & vb. n.Tanging.] To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring.Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. Shak.To tang bees, to cause a...

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Tang (5)

Tang, v. i. To make a ringing sound; to ring.Let thy tongue tang arguments of state. Shak.

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Tang (6)

Tang (täng), n. [Chin. T'ang.] A dynasty in Chinese history, from a. d. 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of print...

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Tangalung

Tan″ga‐lung (?), n.(Zoöl.) An East Indian civet (Viverra tangalunga).

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Tangelo

Tan″ge‐lo (tăn″jē̍‐lō), n. [Tangerine + pomelo.] A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, or pomelo; also, the fruit.

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Tangence

Tan″gence (?), n. Tangency.

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Tangency

Tan″gen‐cy (?), n. The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

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Tangent

Tan″gent (?), n. [L. tangens, -entis, p. pr. of tangere to touch; akin to Gr. � having seized: cf. F. tangente. Cf. Attain, Contaminate, Contingent, Entire, Tact, Taste, Tax, v....

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Tangent (2)

Tan″gent, a. [L. tangens, -entis, p. pr.] Touching; touching at a single point; specifically (Geom.) meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same dire...

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Tangent spoke

Tangent spoke. A tension spoke of a bicycle or similar wheel, secured tangentially to the hub.

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Tangent wheel

Tangent wheel. (a) A worm or worm wheel; a tangent screw. (b) A wheel with tangent spokes.

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Tangental

Tan‐gen″tal (?), a.(Geom.) Tangential.

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Tangential

Tan‐gen″tial (?), a.(Geom.) Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.Tangential force(Mech.), a force which acts on a moving body in the direction of a tange...

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Tangentially

Tan‐gen″tial‐ly, adv. In the direction of a tangent.

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Tangerine

Tan″ger‐ine′ (?), n.(Bot.) A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin. [Writt...