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单词 tangential
释义 tangential
 —tangentiality,  n.   —tangentially, tangentally,  adv.  
 /tan jen"sheuhl/,  adj.  
  1. pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
  2. merely touching; slightly connected: tangential information.
  3. divergent or digressive, as from a subject under consideration: tangential remarks.
  4. tending to digress or to reply to questions obliquely.
 Also, tangental /tan jen"tl/.
 [1620-30; TANGENT + -IAL]
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