Definition of tangential in English:

tangential

adjective tanˈdʒɛnʃ(ə)ltænˈdʒɛn(t)ʃəl

1Relating to or along a tangent.
（与）正切（有关）的；沿切线方向的
a tangential line
一条切线。
Example sentencesExamples
- Formally then, utility is maximized at the point where the budget line is tangential to an indifference curve.
- The surface of the cap of each fungiform structure is either tangential, or slightly inclined, to the surface of the carapace.
- Alternatively, the struts may have the form of circles or ellipses which lie tangential to both the longitudinal profiles and to each other.
- His work used a special coordinate system on a surface such as isothermic and tangential coordinates.
- In this case we deal with the situation of a local tangential force applied to the surface of a large body.
- So, if planes A and D are tangential, how can planes C and B be tangential?
- In yet another construction, an annular cylinder block supports a pair of opposed weighted lever arms and sample support bushings in tangential contact with a rotor surface.
- If you are located near the very edge of the eclipse track the apparent disks of the Sun and the Moon glide along the same tangential line.
- A Riemann surface is typical of the case, where you have the intersection of one universe, with the tangential impact of another universe upon it - [that's a] typical Riemannian surface.
- When we overlay Figure 4.2 onto Figure 4.1, we will see that the budget constraint will be tangential to some I-curves and cut across other I-curves.
- Second, we have examined perturbations in a normal rather than a tangential direction along the limit cycle.
- If a log were a perfect cylinder with uniformly thick growth layers, the figure on the surfaces of boards cut in tangential planes would be parallel markings.
- Thin-sections were made in the transverse, radial, and tangential planes.
- The skilled person in 1980 would understand that the effect of the frusto-conical cone is to reduce the diameter of the vortex and consequentially increase the tangential velocity of the particles as they pass down the cone?
2Diverging from a previous course or line; erratic.
偏离的，离题的
tangential thoughts
游离的思维。
Example sentencesExamples
- However, the literature from this domain is both too large and too tangential to consider in this article.
- I want to emphasise that non-standard analysis was not a sudden tangential direction in which the researcher moved.
- He generally relates the story in chronological fashion, but, like many storytellers, he often stops to present tangential information about a new character or situation.
- In Chinese, each different tangential reference to the topic presents the idea from a different indirect perspective; however, the topic is never presented directly in the text or in the conclusion.
- I don't have any suggestions for places, but thought I'd offer some tangential information: there are all kinds of prenatal massages, so make sure you get all the info beforehand.
- Title aside, this is less a book with a single evolving argument than a series of tangential essays.
- You've got to have a game in your head, you have to have a strategy and you have to know what the points are on the horizon because you get quickly buffeted to run off in tangential ways.
- Still, the music, though admittedly provocative, almost always plays the role of sonic backdrop to her ridiculous tangential meditations, which ultimately sink the album.
- Barreto did a fair job of explaining the process of making this movie, but he often got sidetracked onto more tangential anecdotes.
1. 2.1 Hardly touching a matter; peripheral.
  略为触及的；外围的
  the reforms were tangential to efforts to maintain a basic standard of life
  改革对于保持基本生活水平的努力只是略有触及。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The focus of almost the entire chapter is on adolescent childbearing, a topic that I consider somewhat tangential to romance.
  He makes the case for the artist as the most influential post-war musical artist, certainly more so than Elvis, who was influential for reasons tangential to the actual music.
  Reducing pollution is tangential to the argument and simply serves to confuse the principles upon which debate should be based.
  However, the authors operate under some of the same constraints listed above by interpreting statistically weak treatments tangential to the context of demographic and population models.
  This leads to a misleading perception that the subject has a lot to do with PDEs, which while important are ultimately only a tangential element of the theory and its applications.
  They are frankly tangential to the drama, and could have been cut from the story altogether without any great loss.
  In fact, it's often the opposite: Speakers and participants regularly maintain that it's precisely because the event is so tangential to their daily lives that the event is so important to them.
  These are all important matters but they are tangential to the most central objectives of school education, namely teaching and learning.
  These innovations remain relatively tangential to the mainstream art museum, however.
  He continues to work as an environmental biologist - less tangential to his career as a writer than it might appear.
  Though tangential to the main thesis, this book also serves as an excellent briefing for the general reader on the often uninspiring and sometimes off-putting technical language of the financial world.
  The second exception comes into play if the rationale underlying the patent holder's argument bears only a tangential relation to the equivalent.
  Unfortunately, his name is often most closely identified with these works that actually are only tangential to his primary concerns.
  And in a way that seems to be very deeply connected with their central content, not just tangential contact, but into the heart of mathematics.
  Despite a number of tangential references to the shady dealings of American corporations in the Balkans and their connections to organized crime, I have not yet seen a serious and comprehensive analysis of this interesting subject.
  This may seem tangential to design, but I would argue that the models we use to develop new technologies actually help constitute our experience of the social.
  If your Web site is only tangential to the success of your business, or if a core business activity is supported by it but not reliant on it, then ultimately the satisfaction of the end user is moot.
  The report achieved this balance by transforming a supposedly tangential discussion of national reputation into its central focus.
  This story is tangential to the subject I intended to approach, which is the true subject of my teenage crush.
  It is hard to believe that a theologian so bent on providing justification for preemptive armed conflict would find a theological account of violence tangential to the question of war.
  Synonyms
  secondary, subsidiary, incidental, marginal, minor, unimportant, lesser, inessential, non-essential, immaterial, superficial, ancillary, borderline

Rhymes

cadential, confidential, consequential, credential, deferential, differential, essential, evidential, existential, experiential, exponential, influential, intelligential, irreverential, jurisprudential, penitential, pestilential, potential, preferential, presidential, providential, prudential, quintessential, referential, residential, reverential, sapiential, sciential, sentential, sequential, torrential

Definition of tangential in US English:

tangential

adjectivetanˈjen(t)SHəltænˈdʒɛn(t)ʃəl

1Relating to or along a tangent.
（与）正切（有关）的；沿切线方向的
a tangential line
一条切线。
Example sentencesExamples
- A Riemann surface is typical of the case, where you have the intersection of one universe, with the tangential impact of another universe upon it - [that's a] typical Riemannian surface.
- His work used a special coordinate system on a surface such as isothermic and tangential coordinates.
- If you are located near the very edge of the eclipse track the apparent disks of the Sun and the Moon glide along the same tangential line.
- So, if planes A and D are tangential, how can planes C and B be tangential?
- In yet another construction, an annular cylinder block supports a pair of opposed weighted lever arms and sample support bushings in tangential contact with a rotor surface.
- The surface of the cap of each fungiform structure is either tangential, or slightly inclined, to the surface of the carapace.
- If a log were a perfect cylinder with uniformly thick growth layers, the figure on the surfaces of boards cut in tangential planes would be parallel markings.
- Formally then, utility is maximized at the point where the budget line is tangential to an indifference curve.
- The skilled person in 1980 would understand that the effect of the frusto-conical cone is to reduce the diameter of the vortex and consequentially increase the tangential velocity of the particles as they pass down the cone?
- Thin-sections were made in the transverse, radial, and tangential planes.
- Alternatively, the struts may have the form of circles or ellipses which lie tangential to both the longitudinal profiles and to each other.
- Second, we have examined perturbations in a normal rather than a tangential direction along the limit cycle.
- In this case we deal with the situation of a local tangential force applied to the surface of a large body.
- When we overlay Figure 4.2 onto Figure 4.1, we will see that the budget constraint will be tangential to some I-curves and cut across other I-curves.
1. 1.1 Diverging from a previous course or line; erratic.
  偏离的，离题的
  tangential thoughts
  游离的思维。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I don't have any suggestions for places, but thought I'd offer some tangential information: there are all kinds of prenatal massages, so make sure you get all the info beforehand.
  Still, the music, though admittedly provocative, almost always plays the role of sonic backdrop to her ridiculous tangential meditations, which ultimately sink the album.
  Title aside, this is less a book with a single evolving argument than a series of tangential essays.
  He generally relates the story in chronological fashion, but, like many storytellers, he often stops to present tangential information about a new character or situation.
  In Chinese, each different tangential reference to the topic presents the idea from a different indirect perspective; however, the topic is never presented directly in the text or in the conclusion.
  You've got to have a game in your head, you have to have a strategy and you have to know what the points are on the horizon because you get quickly buffeted to run off in tangential ways.
  Barreto did a fair job of explaining the process of making this movie, but he often got sidetracked onto more tangential anecdotes.
  However, the literature from this domain is both too large and too tangential to consider in this article.
  I want to emphasise that non-standard analysis was not a sudden tangential direction in which the researcher moved.
2. 1.2 Hardly touching a matter; peripheral.
  略为触及的；外围的
  the reforms were tangential to efforts to maintain a basic standard of life
  改革对于保持基本生活水平的努力只是略有触及。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is hard to believe that a theologian so bent on providing justification for preemptive armed conflict would find a theological account of violence tangential to the question of war.
  This story is tangential to the subject I intended to approach, which is the true subject of my teenage crush.
  They are frankly tangential to the drama, and could have been cut from the story altogether without any great loss.
  This may seem tangential to design, but I would argue that the models we use to develop new technologies actually help constitute our experience of the social.
  Unfortunately, his name is often most closely identified with these works that actually are only tangential to his primary concerns.
  Though tangential to the main thesis, this book also serves as an excellent briefing for the general reader on the often uninspiring and sometimes off-putting technical language of the financial world.
  These are all important matters but they are tangential to the most central objectives of school education, namely teaching and learning.
  And in a way that seems to be very deeply connected with their central content, not just tangential contact, but into the heart of mathematics.
  He continues to work as an environmental biologist - less tangential to his career as a writer than it might appear.
  Reducing pollution is tangential to the argument and simply serves to confuse the principles upon which debate should be based.
  The focus of almost the entire chapter is on adolescent childbearing, a topic that I consider somewhat tangential to romance.
  The second exception comes into play if the rationale underlying the patent holder's argument bears only a tangential relation to the equivalent.
  In fact, it's often the opposite: Speakers and participants regularly maintain that it's precisely because the event is so tangential to their daily lives that the event is so important to them.
  Despite a number of tangential references to the shady dealings of American corporations in the Balkans and their connections to organized crime, I have not yet seen a serious and comprehensive analysis of this interesting subject.
  However, the authors operate under some of the same constraints listed above by interpreting statistically weak treatments tangential to the context of demographic and population models.
  If your Web site is only tangential to the success of your business, or if a core business activity is supported by it but not reliant on it, then ultimately the satisfaction of the end user is moot.
  These innovations remain relatively tangential to the mainstream art museum, however.
  This leads to a misleading perception that the subject has a lot to do with PDEs, which while important are ultimately only a tangential element of the theory and its applications.
  The report achieved this balance by transforming a supposedly tangential discussion of national reputation into its central focus.
  He makes the case for the artist as the most influential post-war musical artist, certainly more so than Elvis, who was influential for reasons tangential to the actual music.
  Synonyms
  secondary, subsidiary, incidental, marginal, minor, unimportant, lesser, inessential, non-essential, immaterial, superficial, ancillary, borderline

词汇	tangential
释义	Definition of tangential in English: tangential adjective tanˈdʒɛnʃ(ə)ltænˈdʒɛn(t)ʃəl 1Relating to or along a tangent. （与）正切（有关）的；沿切线方向的 a tangential line 一条切线。 Example sentencesExamples Formally then, utility is maximized at the point where the budget line is tangential to an indifference curve. The surface of the cap of each fungiform structure is either tangential, or slightly inclined, to the surface of the carapace. Alternatively, the struts may have the form of circles or ellipses which lie tangential to both the longitudinal profiles and to each other. His work used a special coordinate system on a surface such as isothermic and tangential coordinates. In this case we deal with the situation of a local tangential force applied to the surface of a large body. So, if planes A and D are tangential, how can planes C and B be tangential? In yet another construction, an annular cylinder block supports a pair of opposed weighted lever arms and sample support bushings in tangential contact with a rotor surface. If you are located near the very edge of the eclipse track the apparent disks of the Sun and the Moon glide along the same tangential line. A Riemann surface is typical of the case, where you have the intersection of one universe, with the tangential impact of another universe upon it - [that's a] typical Riemannian surface. When we overlay Figure 4.2 onto Figure 4.1, we will see that the budget constraint will be tangential to some I-curves and cut across other I-curves. Second, we have examined perturbations in a normal rather than a tangential direction along the limit cycle. If a log were a perfect cylinder with uniformly thick growth layers, the figure on the surfaces of boards cut in tangential planes would be parallel markings. Thin-sections were made in the transverse, radial, and tangential planes. The skilled person in 1980 would understand that the effect of the frusto-conical cone is to reduce the diameter of the vortex and consequentially increase the tangential velocity of the particles as they pass down the cone? 2Diverging from a previous course or line; erratic. 偏离的，离题的 tangential thoughts 游离的思维。 Example sentencesExamples However, the literature from this domain is both too large and too tangential to consider in this article. I want to emphasise that non-standard analysis was not a sudden tangential direction in which the researcher moved. He generally relates the story in chronological fashion, but, like many storytellers, he often stops to present tangential information about a new character or situation. In Chinese, each different tangential reference to the topic presents the idea from a different indirect perspective; however, the topic is never presented directly in the text or in the conclusion. I don't have any suggestions for places, but thought I'd offer some tangential information: there are all kinds of prenatal massages, so make sure you get all the info beforehand. Title aside, this is less a book with a single evolving argument than a series of tangential essays. You've got to have a game in your head, you have to have a strategy and you have to know what the points are on the horizon because you get quickly buffeted to run off in tangential ways. Still, the music, though admittedly provocative, almost always plays the role of sonic backdrop to her ridiculous tangential meditations, which ultimately sink the album. Barreto did a fair job of explaining the process of making this movie, but he often got sidetracked onto more tangential anecdotes. 2.1 Hardly touching a matter; peripheral. 略为触及的；外围的 the reforms were tangential to efforts to maintain a basic standard of life 改革对于保持基本生活水平的努力只是略有触及。 Example sentencesExamples The focus of almost the entire chapter is on adolescent childbearing, a topic that I consider somewhat tangential to romance. He makes the case for the artist as the most influential post-war musical artist, certainly more so than Elvis, who was influential for reasons tangential to the actual music. Reducing pollution is tangential to the argument and simply serves to confuse the principles upon which debate should be based. However, the authors operate under some of the same constraints listed above by interpreting statistically weak treatments tangential to the context of demographic and population models. This leads to a misleading perception that the subject has a lot to do with PDEs, which while important are ultimately only a tangential element of the theory and its applications. They are frankly tangential to the drama, and could have been cut from the story altogether without any great loss. In fact, it's often the opposite: Speakers and participants regularly maintain that it's precisely because the event is so tangential to their daily lives that the event is so important to them. These are all important matters but they are tangential to the most central objectives of school education, namely teaching and learning. These innovations remain relatively tangential to the mainstream art museum, however. He continues to work as an environmental biologist - less tangential to his career as a writer than it might appear. Though tangential to the main thesis, this book also serves as an excellent briefing for the general reader on the often uninspiring and sometimes off-putting technical language of the financial world. The second exception comes into play if the rationale underlying the patent holder's argument bears only a tangential relation to the equivalent. Unfortunately, his name is often most closely identified with these works that actually are only tangential to his primary concerns. And in a way that seems to be very deeply connected with their central content, not just tangential contact, but into the heart of mathematics. Despite a number of tangential references to the shady dealings of American corporations in the Balkans and their connections to organized crime, I have not yet seen a serious and comprehensive analysis of this interesting subject. This may seem tangential to design, but I would argue that the models we use to develop new technologies actually help constitute our experience of the social. If your Web site is only tangential to the success of your business, or if a core business activity is supported by it but not reliant on it, then ultimately the satisfaction of the end user is moot. The report achieved this balance by transforming a supposedly tangential discussion of national reputation into its central focus. This story is tangential to the subject I intended to approach, which is the true subject of my teenage crush. It is hard to believe that a theologian so bent on providing justification for preemptive armed conflict would find a theological account of violence tangential to the question of war. Synonyms secondary, subsidiary, incidental, marginal, minor, unimportant, lesser, inessential, non-essential, immaterial, superficial, ancillary, borderline Rhymes cadential, confidential, consequential, credential, deferential, differential, essential, evidential, existential, experiential, exponential, influential, intelligential, irreverential, jurisprudential, penitential, pestilential, potential, preferential, presidential, providential, prudential, quintessential, referential, residential, reverential, sapiential, sciential, sentential, sequential, torrential Definition of tangential in US English: tangential adjectivetanˈjen(t)SHəltænˈdʒɛn(t)ʃəl 1Relating to or along a tangent. （与）正切（有关）的；沿切线方向的 a tangential line 一条切线。 Example sentencesExamples A Riemann surface is typical of the case, where you have the intersection of one universe, with the tangential impact of another universe upon it - [that's a] typical Riemannian surface. His work used a special coordinate system on a surface such as isothermic and tangential coordinates. If you are located near the very edge of the eclipse track the apparent disks of the Sun and the Moon glide along the same tangential line. So, if planes A and D are tangential, how can planes C and B be tangential? In yet another construction, an annular cylinder block supports a pair of opposed weighted lever arms and sample support bushings in tangential contact with a rotor surface. The surface of the cap of each fungiform structure is either tangential, or slightly inclined, to the surface of the carapace. If a log were a perfect cylinder with uniformly thick growth layers, the figure on the surfaces of boards cut in tangential planes would be parallel markings. Formally then, utility is maximized at the point where the budget line is tangential to an indifference curve. The skilled person in 1980 would understand that the effect of the frusto-conical cone is to reduce the diameter of the vortex and consequentially increase the tangential velocity of the particles as they pass down the cone? Thin-sections were made in the transverse, radial, and tangential planes. Alternatively, the struts may have the form of circles or ellipses which lie tangential to both the longitudinal profiles and to each other. Second, we have examined perturbations in a normal rather than a tangential direction along the limit cycle. In this case we deal with the situation of a local tangential force applied to the surface of a large body. When we overlay Figure 4.2 onto Figure 4.1, we will see that the budget constraint will be tangential to some I-curves and cut across other I-curves. 1.1 Diverging from a previous course or line; erratic. 偏离的，离题的 tangential thoughts 游离的思维。 Example sentencesExamples I don't have any suggestions for places, but thought I'd offer some tangential information: there are all kinds of prenatal massages, so make sure you get all the info beforehand. Still, the music, though admittedly provocative, almost always plays the role of sonic backdrop to her ridiculous tangential meditations, which ultimately sink the album. Title aside, this is less a book with a single evolving argument than a series of tangential essays. He generally relates the story in chronological fashion, but, like many storytellers, he often stops to present tangential information about a new character or situation. In Chinese, each different tangential reference to the topic presents the idea from a different indirect perspective; however, the topic is never presented directly in the text or in the conclusion. You've got to have a game in your head, you have to have a strategy and you have to know what the points are on the horizon because you get quickly buffeted to run off in tangential ways. Barreto did a fair job of explaining the process of making this movie, but he often got sidetracked onto more tangential anecdotes. However, the literature from this domain is both too large and too tangential to consider in this article. I want to emphasise that non-standard analysis was not a sudden tangential direction in which the researcher moved. 1.2 Hardly touching a matter; peripheral. 略为触及的；外围的 the reforms were tangential to efforts to maintain a basic standard of life 改革对于保持基本生活水平的努力只是略有触及。 Example sentencesExamples It is hard to believe that a theologian so bent on providing justification for preemptive armed conflict would find a theological account of violence tangential to the question of war. This story is tangential to the subject I intended to approach, which is the true subject of my teenage crush. They are frankly tangential to the drama, and could have been cut from the story altogether without any great loss. This may seem tangential to design, but I would argue that the models we use to develop new technologies actually help constitute our experience of the social. Unfortunately, his name is often most closely identified with these works that actually are only tangential to his primary concerns. Though tangential to the main thesis, this book also serves as an excellent briefing for the general reader on the often uninspiring and sometimes off-putting technical language of the financial world. These are all important matters but they are tangential to the most central objectives of school education, namely teaching and learning. And in a way that seems to be very deeply connected with their central content, not just tangential contact, but into the heart of mathematics. He continues to work as an environmental biologist - less tangential to his career as a writer than it might appear. Reducing pollution is tangential to the argument and simply serves to confuse the principles upon which debate should be based. The focus of almost the entire chapter is on adolescent childbearing, a topic that I consider somewhat tangential to romance. The second exception comes into play if the rationale underlying the patent holder's argument bears only a tangential relation to the equivalent. In fact, it's often the opposite: Speakers and participants regularly maintain that it's precisely because the event is so tangential to their daily lives that the event is so important to them. Despite a number of tangential references to the shady dealings of American corporations in the Balkans and their connections to organized crime, I have not yet seen a serious and comprehensive analysis of this interesting subject. However, the authors operate under some of the same constraints listed above by interpreting statistically weak treatments tangential to the context of demographic and population models. If your Web site is only tangential to the success of your business, or if a core business activity is supported by it but not reliant on it, then ultimately the satisfaction of the end user is moot. These innovations remain relatively tangential to the mainstream art museum, however. This leads to a misleading perception that the subject has a lot to do with PDEs, which while important are ultimately only a tangential element of the theory and its applications. The report achieved this balance by transforming a supposedly tangential discussion of national reputation into its central focus. He makes the case for the artist as the most influential post-war musical artist, certainly more so than Elvis, who was influential for reasons tangential to the actual music. Synonyms secondary, subsidiary, incidental, marginal, minor, unimportant, lesser, inessential, non-essential, immaterial, superficial, ancillary, borderline
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