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Definition of tangential adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

tangential

adjective

NAmE//tænˈdʒɛnʃl//

1(formal) having only a slight or indirect connection with something a tangential argument

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2(geometry) of or along a tangent

tangentially

NAmE//tænˈdʒɛnʃəli//

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