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Tangential   /tændʒˈɛntʃəl/   Listen
Tangential

adjective
1.
Of superficial relevance if any.  Synonym: digressive.  "A tangential remark"
2.
Of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent.





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"Tangential" Quotes from Famous Books



... that period by a measurable distance—that: is to say, the moon has been virtually pulled towards the earth by an amount that is represented by the difference between its actual position at the end of the minute under observation and the position it would occupy had its course been tangential, as, according to the first law of motion, it must have been had not some force deflected it towards the earth. Measuring the deflection in question—which is equivalent to the so-called versed sine of the arc traversed—we have ...
— A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams
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Words linked to "Tangential" :   irrelevant, tangent


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