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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Way off on a tangent... #47926 11/17/2001 6:54 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago ... sinus(x) divided by cosinus(x)... Would the answer then be scripted as "tangentus"? My question is one mostly void of any basis in romance languages which to refer, yet the "us" suffix *seems latin in nature, and/yet is ommited 'ere in the US (eg. sine and cosine). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted off on a tangent Keiva 11/16/2001 11:06 AM Re: off on a tangent emanuela 11/16/2001 5:35 PM Way off on a tangent... musick 11/17/2001 6:54 PM sinus... emanuela 11/22/2001 11:20 AM Re: off on a tangent emanuela 11/16/2001 5:39 PM Re: off on a tangent Keiva 11/19/2001 12:34 PM hyperosculating conics emanuela 11/22/2001 11:24 AM Re: hyperosculating conics Wordwind 11/22/2001 12:10 PM Re: off on a tangent Faldage 11/16/2001 7:30 PM Re: off on a tangent tsuwm 11/16/2001 7:45 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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