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The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.

Rising; swelling, as a flood. [R.] Robert Greene.

A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function. Artificial, or Logarithmi…

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

A worm or worm wheel; a tangent screw.

Tangential.

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 tangent to the path of the body, its effect being to increase or diminish the velocity; -- distinguished from a normal force, which acts at right angles to the tangent and ch…

In the direction of a tangent.

the power to tinge. [R.] As for the white part, it appears much less enriched with the tingent property. Boyle.

Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors.

A subordinate agent.

Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh. Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind. Shak. That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native and uncultivated grapes. Hawthorne. -- Un*gen"tle*ness, n. -- Un*gen"tly, adv.

g; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. "The urgent hour." Shak. Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. Hooker. The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste. Ex. xii. 33.

In an urgent manner.

Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent. -- n. (Med.)

A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.

To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. Froude.

ations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. -- Ac`id*i*met"ric*al, a.

A medicine or agent to assist hearing.

Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.