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Tangential   /tændʒˈɛntʃəl/   Listen
Tangential

adjective
1.
Of superficial relevance if any.  Synonym: digressive.  "A tangential remark"
2.
Of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent.






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"Tangential" Quotes from Famous Books



... aluminum, a, gives, in the usual manner, a reflected image upon a scale, thus allowing the deflections to be read. A compensating magnet, M, is supported by a vertical column fixed to the case, above the needles. This magnet may be placed in the different azimuths by means of a tangential screw, t. The extremities of the bobbin wires are connected with three terminals, T, T', T squared, and the instrument may, by a proper arrangement, became differential. These terminals, as well as the communicating wires, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 • Various



Words linked to "Tangential" :   irrelevant, digressive, tangent



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