tangent
/ˈtændʒənt/
nouna straight line that touches a curve or surface at exactly one point, known as the point of tangency
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1. Tangent is opposite over adjacent.
2. Tangent is opposite over adjacent.
3. SciShow Tangents is a collaboration between Complexly and WNYC studios.
4. Tangent of theta equals my coefficient of friction.
5. Tangent of theta is equal to opposite over adjacent.
tangential
/tænˈdʒɛnʃəɫ/
adjectivenot or barely relevant to something
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1. The direction would also be tangential to the surface.
2. So the force is all tangential to the direction of rotation.
3. So the force is all tangential to the direction of rotation.
4. So, the tangential velocity of the point here is the velocity of the mass.
5. The tangential velocity is the angular velocity times the distance of that point from the center of the rotation.
tangible
/ˈtændʒəbəɫ/
adjectiveperceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
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1. Information is nothing tangible.
2. Cooking is very tangible.
3. Yes, trains are tangible!
4. But music is so tangible.
5. Their support is tangible.
breach
/ˈbɹitʃ/
nounan act that violates an agreement, law, etc.
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1. By 1990, CPUs breached the 1 million transistor count.
2. Defense contractors also have breach reporting requirements to the Department of Defense.
3. Violent protesters breached the walls.
4. For example, the air over the busiest airports regularly breaches the limits for nitrogen dioxide pollutants.
5. Finally, on the 25th, the battery breached the walls of Saint Louis.
breech
/ˈbɹitʃ/
nounopening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
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1. Most babies are not breech at full term.
2. But currently the baby is breech.
3. Not all data breeches are reported.
4. Footling breech, there's some debate.
5. A breech has a high rate of complications.
unaccountable
/ˌənəˈkaʊntəbəɫ/
adjectivenot to be accounted for or explained
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1. I mean, that's my little testimony to human beings as being totally unaccountable creatures.
2. Let's transfer it into the hands of unaccountable private institutions, which are devoted in principle to profit maximization and power maximization.
3. Yes, they're transferred into the hands of private power, unaccountable private concentrations of power, corporate sector.
4. They exercise really important public functions, they have been unaccountable to the needs of the community, and therefore they have too much political clout.
5. On the one hand, we are completely unaccountable for the things that we say online.
unaffected
/ˌənəˈfɛktɪd/
adjectiveundergoing no change when acted upon
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1. In contrast to their cousins the eurypterines, the stylonurines remained relatively unaffected by the rise of the fish.
2. In those postures, that's unaffected.
3. He was unaffected by it.
4. The OLED pixels are unaffected.
5. In bundle branch blocks, the unaffected ventricle depolarizes first.
unalloyed
/əˈnæˌɫɔɪd/
adjectivefree from admixture
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1. If a seat opened while an unfriendly Senate was in session, the president could just wait until they went on recess to make the appointment and thus at least get their unalloyed favorite on the court straight away for a few months.
2. So, to me, it's an unalloyed good.
3. So, to me, it's an unalloyed good.
4. One is that this is not an unalloyed good for the Republican Party.
5. Villains are cartoon characters, because no one is purely unalloyed-- basically unalloyed evil.
hibernal
/hˈaɪbɚnəl/
adjectivecharacteristic of or relating to winter
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to defame
/dɪˈfeɪm/
verbcharge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
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1. Professor Hermann brought this libel action claiming that five sentences in Mr. Fletcher's article defamed him.
2. Accusations were made that the Nestorians were defaming Teguder Il-Khan in letters to Kublai.
3. Because you just defame me.
4. - So the Lincoln Project has accused Rudy Giuliani of defaming them in an interview with Steve Bannon.
5. Mr. Murray alleged that John Oliver and his show had defamed him.
defamatory
/dɪˈfæməˌtɔɹi/
adjective(of statements) intending to ruin someone's reputation with the use of unpleasant or false information
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1. The purpose of a libel law is to prevent defamatory statements of false fact.
2. And I might say some defamatory things then, and I wouldn't have the protection.
3. But both CompuServe and Prodigy were sued for the allegedly defamatory content that was posted in their respective forums.
4. And he sued for defamatory purposes. -
5. The existence of criminal penalties for defamatory speech contributes to an overall environment that is on balance chilling to free speech.
defamation
/ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/
nounan abusive attack on a person's character or good name
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1. He filed defamation suits.
2. An opinion is not defamation.
3. Two, an opinion is not defamation.
4. And under West Virginia law, defamation requires a provably false assertion of fact.
5. Libel, the definition is defamation through print materials.
to irk
/ˈɝk/
verbirritate or vex
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1. Nevertheless Bynum's presence irked Hibbert.
2. - What irks me.
3. - I love the work irk.
4. Now all of this adulation of Franklin irked John Adams, surprise, surprise.
5. Does the simple idea of outdoor activities irk you?
irksome
/ˈɝksəm/
adjectiveso lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
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1. Also, even the most irksome errors are not signs of the decline of the language.
2. But it was particularly irksome for Sarah because guess what?
3. They spotlight hypocrisy and distract irksome internet folk by being disingenuous rhetorical sparring partners.
4. Well, it's a peculiarly irksome and delicate task to tell a member of the coordinate branch that he must obey an order of the court.
5. Another irksome element of the movie is how frequently Cher and her friends obsess about their bodies and how much they eat.
to analyze
/ˈænəˌɫaɪz/
verbto examine or study something in detail in order to explain or understand it
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1. They said it was impossible to know a person's personality by analyzing head bumps.
2. Then computers analyzed the images from the scans.
3. A major part of market research is analyzing competitors.
4. The authors of a 2018 study analyzed seven years of precise positional data from the Mercury orbiter MESSENGER.
5. In 2018, a team of scientists from Boston analyzed the spread of fake news.
analyst
/ˈænəɫɪst/
nouna trained individual who is concerned with analyzing the facts and providing others with information
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1. Analysts predict record growth for EVs in 2021, especially in Europe and China.
2. None of us are analysts.
3. Each quarter, analysts publish reports about various stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds.
4. Analysts then publish their estimates.
5. Analysts expect a contraction this time around of about 0.1% on an annualised basis.
to neuter
/ˈnutɝ/
verbto remove the sex organs of a domestic animal in order to keep it from reproduction
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1. Is he neutered?
2. Taffy hasn't been neutered?
3. He was neutered.
4. Neuter and release?
5. He neuters you every time.
neutral
/ˈnutɹəɫ/
adjectivenot taking any sides in a conflict, competition, or dispute and remaining impartial
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1. Money is neutral.
2. Money itself is neutral.
3. Most things are neutral?
4. This particular gene is neutral.
5. Numbers are neutral.
neutralisation
/nˌuːtɹələzˈeɪʃən/
nounaction intended to nullify the effects of some previous action
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1. They differ from each other in that bogs get their water directly from rain or snowmelt, and so the water has low mineral content, which means little neutralisation of acids in decomposition.