tangential – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
tangential
adj.
touching at a single point (Geometry); irrelevant, divergent
Tangent
In
geometry, the
tangent line (or simply
tangent) to a plane
curve at a given
point is the
straight line that "just touches" the curve at that point.
Leibniz defined it as the line through a pair of
infinitely close points on the curve. More precisely, a straight line is said to be a tangent of a curve at a point on the curve if the line passes through the point on the curve and has slope where
f is the
derivative of
f. A similar definition applies to
space curves and curves in
n-dimensional
Euclidean space.
tangential
Adjective
1. of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark"
(synonym) digressive
(similar) irrelevant
2. of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent; "tangential forces"
(pertainym) tangent
Tangential
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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tangenţial
geom. fig. tangential
geom. fig. tangentially
