The meteor came in on a tangential orbit and exploded about 8 or 10 miles above the earths surface, just south of the Arctic Circle
The archoplasm divides and forms a very large spindle which first lies tangential to the surface of the nucleus.
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tangenţial — TANGENŢIÁL, Ă, tangenţiali, e, adj. Privitor la tangentă; care este asemănător cu o tangentă. ♦ fig. (Adesea adverbial) Atins în treacăt; p. ext. indirect, printre altele. [pr.: ţi al] – Din fr. tangentiel. Trimis de cornel, 13.09.2007. Sursa:… … Dicționar Român
Tangential — Tan*gen tial, a. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent. [1913 Webster] {Tangential force} (Mech.), a force which acts on a moving body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the body, its effect being to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tangentiāl — Tangentiāl, in der Richtung der Tangente … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
tangential — I adjective akin, associated, attendant, connected, correlated, dependent on, digressive, excursive, extraneous, germane, incidental, interrelated, nonessential, pertinent, related, subordinate, tangent, touching II index proximate Burton s Legal … Law dictionary
Tangential... — tangential; Tangenten … Universal-Lexikon
tangential — (adj.) 1620s, see TANGENT (Cf. tangent); figurative sense of divergent, erratic is from 1787. Related: Tangentially … Etymology dictionary
tangential — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or along a tangent. 2) having only a slight connection or relevance; peripheral. 3) diverging from a previous course; erratic. DERIVATIVES tangentially adverb … English terms dictionary
tangential — [tan jen′shəl] adj. 1. of, like, or in the direction of a tangent 2. drawn as a tangent 3. going off at a tangent; diverging or digressing 4. merely touching a subject, not dealing with it at length tangentially adv … English World dictionary
tangential — [[t]tænʤe̱nʃ(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as tangential, you mean that it has only a slight or indirect connection with the thing you are concerned with, and is therefore not worth considering seriously. [FORMAL] Too much time … English dictionary
tangential — adjective Date: 1630 1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a tangent 2. acting along or lying in a tangent < tangential forces > 3. a. divergent, digressive b. touching lightly ; incidental, peripheral < tangential … New Collegiate Dictionary
tangential — tan|gen|tial [tænˈdʒenʃəl] adj formal tangential information, remarks etc are only related to a particular subject in an indirect way tangential to ▪ The matter you raise is rather tangential to this discussion. >tangentially adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
