Q: What was the geometry student looking for at the beach?( r% `& ]5 Y0 L; J- l+ F/ G o9 S
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A: A tangent. ; g5 G9 m+ q, g: _4 q7 X
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noun 2 R1 G# I' f9 {2 ?5 S5 q& M (geometry) a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cross it