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Going off on a tangent
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10/02/2016 11:12
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Wouldn't it make more sense to go off on a normal instead?
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Re: Going off on a tangent
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10/02/2016 11:23
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Go off on a tandem; go off at a tangent.
Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing? (John 7:51)
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Re: Going off on a tangent
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10/02/2016 11:28
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OK, why not go off at a normal then?
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Re: Going off on a tangent
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10/02/2016 11:50
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It makes most sense to remain calm and focussed
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Re: Going off on a tangent
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10/02/2016 11:55
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Rather than to go off on one?
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Re: Going off on a tangent
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10/02/2016 12:36
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Go off on a tangent: there is normally a tangential relation involved.
Go off on a normal: maybe there is no tangential relation involved
Go off on one: normally a relation involved
Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing? (John 7:51)
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Re: Going off on a tangent
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This post speaks for itself really
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Re: Going off on a tangent
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10/02/2016 15:48
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I wouldn't have expected anything less although the original question still stands as it occurred to me today that this expression doesn't make sense when looking at the textbook definition of the word tangent. Quick refresher course.
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Re: Going off on a tangent
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10/02/2016 16:53
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Understood and what I'm getting at it is that the direction doesn't change when it (or anything else on any curved path) leaves. The tangent is in the same direction [1] as the object is travelling at that instant.
The turn of phrase is used to imply a change of direction but the tangent is exactly the same direction.
If someone/thing goes off on a tangent then they are just carrying on in the same direction. It's everyone/thing else that's changed [2]!
[1] Let's leave gravity out of this. [2] Assuming we're considering a curve not a straight line.
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Re: Going off on a tangent
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10/02/2016 17:21
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No, that's just general chat, oh hang on...
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Re: Going off on a tangent
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10/02/2016 21:44
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or set, can you still move?
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