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[ tan-jen-shuhl ] / tænˈdʒɛn ʃəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tangential ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent. merely touching; slightly connected: tangential information. divergent or digressive, as from a subject under consideration: tangential remarks. tending to digress or to reply to questions obliquely. Also tan·gen·tal [tan-jen-tl]. /tænˈdʒɛn tl/. Origin of tangentialFirst recorded in 1620–30; tangent + -ial OTHER WORDS FROM tangentialtan·gen·ti·al·i·ty, nountan·gen·tial·ly, tan·gen·tal·ly, adverbnon·tan·gen·tal, adjectivenon·tan·gen·tial, adjective non·tan·gen·tial·ly, adverbun·tan·gen·tal, adjectiveun·tan·gen·tal·ly, adverbun·tan·gen·tial, adjectiveun·tan·gen·tial·ly, adverb Words nearby tangentialTange, tangelo, tangency, tangent, tangent galvanometer, tangential, tangentiality, tangential motion, tangent line, tangent plane, tangerine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tangentialA tangential answer to your question would be, what am I proudest of? How I Write: Jared Diamond|Noah Charney|November 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST Tangential characters are combined into composites or eliminated entirely; the same holds for certain events. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 2 Review: Majesty, Mystery, and Terror Reign Supreme|Jace Lacob|March 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST Once again the idea came from a tangential story she came across researching Unbroken. Laura Hillenbrand's Acclaimed Bestsellers Haven't Changed Her|Sandra McElwaine|December 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST Tangential tubes of the network cylindrical, straight, smooth, of equal breadth. Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel
Tangential tubes cylindrical, more or less curved, gradually tapering towards the two pointed ends. Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel As I remember, I defined the word "tangential" as being—striking an object obliquely, not squarely or head on. Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy There are three important directions which must be distinguished, producing transverse, longitudinal, and tangential sections. An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope|John William Griffith The folds of Central America are tangential to the two arcs thus formed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6|Various
British Dictionary definitions for tangential
adjectiveof, being, relating to, or in the direction of a tangent Also: transverse astronomy (of velocity) in a direction perpendicular to the line of sight of a celestial objectCompare radial (def. 6) of superficial relevance only; digressive Derived forms of tangentialtangentiality, nountangentially or tangentally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tangentialunrelated, extraneous, digressive, divergent, diverging |