In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
subtangent (plural subtangents)
(geometry) The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*tan"gent, n. (Geom.)
Definition: The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 July 2024
(adjective) free from danger or risk; “secure from harm”; “his fortune was secure”; “made a secure place for himself in his field”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.