Tangential Definition

tăn-jĕnshəl
adjective
Of, like, or in the direction of a tangent.
Webster's New World
Drawn as a tangent.
Webster's New World
Going off at a tangent; diverging or digressing.
Webster's New World
Only superficially relevant; divergent.
A tangential remark.
American Heritage
Merely touching a subject, not dealing with it at length.
Webster's New World
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Tangential Sentence Examples

  • Lord Rayleigh has shown that there is a tangential motion as well as a motion in and out.

  • The parenchyma is often arranged in tangential bands between the layers of sievetubes and tracheal elements.

  • Secondary growth in thickness is effected by the tangential division of superficial cells.

  • A curve tangential to all the sides of the polygon is the line of pressures.

  • This is called the tangential area, and will be denoted by T1.

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Words Starting With

TTATAN

Words Ending With

LALIAL

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