OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 43372

tangential

/tænˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡ʃəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tangencial
Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something.
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning t…
The meteor came in on a tangential orbit and exploded about 8 or 10 miles above the earth's surface, just south of the Arctic Circle.
tangencial
Only indirectly related.
That subject is tangential to our discussion, and we cannot let it distract us.