Term: tangent: a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
Candidate hypernym: straight line: a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature → 1
Candidate hypernym: region: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth → 0
Candidate hypernym: mechanical mixture: a mixture whose components can be separated by mechanical means → 0
Candidate hypernym: armrest: a support for the arm → 0
Candidate hypernym: wastepaper basket: a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish → 0
Candidate hypernym: multi-billionaire: a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at many billions of dollars → 0
Candidate hypernym: hygienist: a medical specialist in hygiene → 0
Candidate hypernym: wire cutter: an edge tool used in cutting wire → 0
Candidate hypernym: white campion: bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis → 0
Candidate hypernym: rim: (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended → 0
Candidate hypernym: seller's market: a market in which more people want to buy than want to sell → 0