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tangential
01
not or barely relevant to something
Grammatical Information
Composition
Complex
relational
Superlative
most tangential
Comparative
more tangential
gradable
Examples
His comments about vacation plans were tangential to the discussion on budget cuts.
02
referring to a line or motion that just touches the surface of an object at a single point
Examples
As the wheel rotated, he observed its tangential movement at the outer edge.
Lexical Tree
tangentially
tangential
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