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Tangential

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Adjective

1. digressive, tangential

of superficial relevance if any

Example Sentences:
'a digressive allusion to the day of the week'
'a tangential remark'

2. tangential

of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent

Example Sentences:
'tangential forces'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Tangential

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adjective
1. 
of, being, relating to, or in the direction of a tangent
2. Also: transverse astronomy
(of velocity) in a direction perpendicular to the line of sight of a celestial object
Compare radial (sense 6)
3. 
of superficial relevance only; digressive

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Tangential

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adjective
1. 
of, like, or in the direction of a tangent
2. 
drawn as a tangent
3. 
going off at a tangent; diverging or digressing
4. 
merely touching a subject, not dealing with it at length

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Tangential

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adj.
1. Of, relating to, or moving along or in the direction of a tangent.
2. Merely touching or slightly connected.
3. Only superficially relevant; divergent: a tangential remark.

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