Tangential

What do we mean by tangential?

Of, relating to, or moving along or in the direction of a tangent. adjective

Merely touching or slightly connected. adjective

Only superficially relevant; divergent. adjective

In geology, specifically applied to strains in the earth's crust which are applied in a direction tangential to its surface.

Of or pertaining to a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.

Figuratively, slightly connected; touch-and-go.

In the geom. of plane cubic curves, the point at which the tangent from any point cuts the curve again. The point of intersection is called the tangential or the point of tangency. noun

Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent. adjective

A force which acts on a moving body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the body, its effect being to increase or diminish the velocity; -- distinguished from a normal force, which acts at right angles to the tangent and changes the direction of the motion without changing the velocity. adjective

See Shear, n., 3. adjective

Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something. adjective

Merely touching, positioned as a tangent. adjective

Only indirectly related. adjective

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

Of superficial relevance if any adjective

Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something.

Merely touching, positioned as a tangent.

Only indirectly related.

Words that are spelled similarly to tangential:
tangential, tangental, agential, tendential, cotangential.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tangential:
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Words that rhyme with tangential:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe tangential:
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Words that sound like tangential:
tangential, tangentially, tangental, tensional, tangency, torrential, ungentle, staminal, stational, san angelo.