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Definition tangential in British English

tangential adjective

adjective
/tænˈdʒenʃ(ə)l/
1

only slightly related to what you are doing, discussing, or thinking about

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2

something such as a line that is tangential to something touches its edge but does not pass through it

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Definition tangential in British English