āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
tangential
/tÃĻndâĘËÉnĘÉâl/
tangential
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ
not or barely relevant to something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The speaker âs tangential remarks diverted the conversation away from the main topic.
āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ
referring to a line or motion that just touches the surface of an object at a single point
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The light 's tangential approach created a unique reflection on the mirror.
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĢāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
tangentially
tangential
tangent
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
