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ʃəl adjective
2.
merely touching; slightly connected: tangential information.
3.
divergent or digressive, as from a subject under consideration: tangential remarks.
4.
tending to digress or to reply to questions obliquely.
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tangential (tænˈdʒɛnʃəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, being, relating to, or in the direction of a tangent |
| 2. | astronomy Compare radial Also: transverse (of velocity) in a direction perpendicular to the line of sight of a celestial object |
| 3. | of superficial relevance only; digressive |
| tangenti'ality | |
| —n | |
| tan'gentially | |
| —adv | |
| tan'gentally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
tangential
1620s, see tangent; figurative sense of "divergent, erratic" is from 1787. Related: Tangentially.
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