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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