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tangentiality
tan·gen·tial T0035200 (tăn-jĕn′shəl) also tan·gen·tal (-jĕn′tl)adj.1. Of, relating to, or moving along or in the direction of a tangent.2. Merely touching or slightly connected.3. Only superficially relevant; divergent: a tangential remark.
tan·gen′ti·al′i·ty (-shē-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.tan·gen′tial·ly adv.Translationstangentiality
tangentiality [tan-jen″she-al´ĭ-te] a pattern of speech characterized by oblique, digressive, or irrelevant replies to questions; the responses never approach the point of the questions. It differs from circumstantiality, in which the responder eventually reaches the point.tan·gen·ti·al·i·ty (tan-jen'shē-al'i-tē), A disturbance in the associative thought process in which one tends to digress readily from one topic under discussion to other topics that arise in the course of associations; observed in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and certain types of organic brain disorders. Compare: circumstantiality. [off on a tangent, fr. L. tango, to touch] tan·gen·ti·al·i·ty (tan-jen'shē-al'i-tē) A disturbance in the associative thought process in which one tends to digress readily from one topic under discussion to other topics that arise in the course of associations; observed in bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and certain types of organic brain disorders.
Compare: circumstantiality[off on a tangent, fr. L. tango, to touch] |