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tangential
/tænˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡ʃəl/
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What does tangential mean?
adjective
- Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something.
- Merely touching, positioned as a tangent.
- Only indirectly related.
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IPA pronunciation
/tænˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡ʃəl/
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QUINCY--The book section of a department store doesn't get much chance to enjoy that tangential advertising, as Fruehling calls it.
The system of rigging or car suspension is simplicity itself and is tangential to the envelope.
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A TANGENT.--When an object is thrown horizontally the line of flight is tangential to the earth, or at right angles to the force of gravity.
In a wind of fourteen miles per hour resistance is by no means a negligible factor, so that tangential is evidently a force of considerable value.