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Definition of Tangential

1. Adjective. Of superficial relevance if any. "A tangential remark"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent. "Tangential forces"

Definition of Tangential

1. a. Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.

Definition of Tangential

1. Adjective. Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something. ¹

2. Adjective. Merely touching, positioned as a tangent. ¹

3. Adjective. Only indirectly related. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tangential

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Tangential

1. Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent. Tangential force See Shear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangential

tanga tangalung tangas tanged tangelo tangelo tree tangelos tangence tangences tangencies

tangency tangent tangent plane tangent screen tangental tangential (current term) tangential wound tangentiality tangentially tangents

tangerine tangerine tree tangerines tangeritin tangfish tanghin tanghinia tanghins tangi tangibilities

Literary usage of Tangential

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"Wo may call a, /9, 7, B the tangential coordinates of the plane ax + fty -f <yz + &w. Now the condition that this plane may pass through a given point, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"We may call a, /9, 7, 8 the tangential coordinates of the plane ax + /% -f <yz + Sw. Now the condition that this plane may pass through a given point, ..."

3. Applied Mechanics by Alfred Peter Poorman (1917)
".radial distance p from the axis of rotation, O. Then if the body has an angular velocity co" and an angular acceleration a, the tangential and normal ..."

4. Applied Mechanics by Alfred Peter Poorman (1917)
"It will be seen that for equal dM' s, these tangential and normal effective ... The tangential effective forces vary directly with p and are always at right ..."

5. Theory of Differential Equations by Andrew Russell Forsyth (1890)
"tangential TRANSFORMATIONS. FOR the history of tangential transformations ... An exhaustive discussion of the theory of tangential transformations with its ..."

6. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1874)
"If the tangential coordinates of two planes are a, /3, 7, 8; a',/9', 7', ... The general tangential equation of the second degree Ad' + Bp + (V + DV + ..."

7. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1865)
"If the tangential co-ordinates of two planes are a, j8, 7, 8; a', £', 7', 8' it follows, from Art. 36, that a + £«', £ + ifc/9', &c. are the co-ordinates of ..."

8. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"SYSTEMS OP tangential COORDINATES, Art. 311. Through this volume we have ordinarily understood by the tangential coordinates of a line la + mft + >l•/, ..."

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