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TANGENTIAL
digressive, tangential
(adjective) of superficial relevance if any; “a digressive allusion to the day of the week”; “a tangential remark”
tangential
(adjective) of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent; “tangential forces”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tangential (comparative more tangential, superlative most tangential)
Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something.
Merely touching, positioned as a tangent.
Only indirectly related.
Anagrams
• antitangle
Source: Wiktionary
Tan*gen"tial, a. (Geom.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent. Tangential force (Mech.), a force which acts on a moving body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the body, its effect being to increase or diminish the velocity; -- distinguished from a normal force, which acts at right angles to the tangent and changes the direction of the motion without changing the velocity.
– Tangential stress. (Engin.) See Shear, n., 3.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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