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Meanings of tangential in English

Of superficial relevance if any.

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Usage of tangential in English
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Curiously, the issue of policing seems tangential to negotiations at Hillsborough now.
The Irish Times
2
This frequently entailed cobbled-together statements and misunderstandings, as well as tangential discussion.
The Guardian
3
But her tangential contact with him had left impressions in her mind.
The Long Earth
4
The spinning ship would send him on tangential vector, the direction unpredictable.
Genellan: planetfall
5
The first and more tangential is the extraordinary, self-perpetuating drive of Kilkenny.
The Irish Times
6
FRUEHLING-Didyou ever consider the problem of what I call tangential advertising?
The Haunted Bookshop
7
These photographs will show radial, tangential, and end surfaces for each specimen.
The Mechanical Properties of Wood / Including a Discussion of th...
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I answer: these are largely of tangential importance; what can the authorities do?
The Guardian
9
Well, in that case, you are to remain tangential as much as possible.
Soulless
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Back in the Senate, I resumed work on issues tangential to the war.
True compass: a memoir
11
I am convinced Fromley must have had some connection with her, however tangential.
In the shadow of gotham
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Materials and methods: Standard tangential plans of 1145 trials were analysed.
Pubmed
13
Secondary growth in thickness is effected by the tangential division of superficial cells.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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The MCA works offer a more sedate and tangential relationship to the theme.
The Guardian
15
His interest in LSD and the Company's ran on tangential tracks.
Shift
16
It was almost as if it applied to her -a tangential lesson?
Stonewielder
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