tangential
IPA: tændʒˈɛntʃʌɫ
adjective
- Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something.
- Merely touching, positioned as a tangent.
- Only indirectly related.
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Examples of "tangential" in Sentences
- It is the tangential force which spins the motor.
- It is very tangential to the subject of the article.
- The area of a tangential quadrilateral is not that large.
- The article is tangential to the issue that we are learning.
- Besides it's tangential to the point of the original sentence.
- If is the tangential angle of the curve, then is parallel to so.
- Again, the question of obscurity is tangential to the real issue.
- A lot of the discussion seems tangential to improving the article.
- Fourth, the verbiage is pretty tangential to the subject of the article.
- Biblical references are tangential to the history of the Assyrian Empire.
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