Even his everyday speech was an off-the-cuff, tangential, disjointed narrative.
Source: tatoeba (717961)
Tangential
//tænˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡ʃəl//
Synonyms for "tangential" (38 found)
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3 entriesderived from
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1 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- tangencial adj (referring to a tangent)
- tangencial adj (only indirectly related)
Czech
2 entries- okrajový adj (only indirectly related)
- tečnový adj (referring to a tangent)
Esperanto
3 entries- parenteza adj (only indirectly related)
- tanĝanta adj (referring to a tangent)
- tanĝanta adj (merely touching)
Finnish
4 entries- epäolennainen adj (only indirectly related)
- etäisesti liittyvä adj (only indirectly related)
- sivuava adj (merely touching)
- tangentiaalinen adj (referring to a tangent)
German
4 entries- berührend adj (merely touching)
- nebensächlich adj (only indirectly related)
- streifend adj (merely touching)
- tangential adj (referring to a tangent)
Italian
3 entries- tangenziale adj (referring to a tangent)
- tangenziale adj (merely touching)
- tangenziale adj (only indirectly related)
Portuguese
1 entries- tangente adj (merely touching)
Romanian
1 entries- tangențial adj (referring to a tangent)
Russian
4 entries- имеющий слабое отноше́ние adj (only indirectly related)
- касательный adj (referring to a tangent)
- касающийся adj (merely touching)
- отклоня́ющийся adj (only indirectly related)
Spanish
2 entries- tangencial adj (referring to a tangent)
- tangencial adj (only indirectly related)
Vietnamese
1 entries- (thuộc) tiếp tuyến adj (referring to a tangent)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The liquid flow submits the container to what we call tangential stress.
Source: tatoeba (1165302)
When left to my own devices, I tend to daydream and get lost in a series of tangential thought patterns.
Source: tatoeba (1955438)
The meteor came in on a tangential orbit and exploded about 8 or 10 miles above the earth's surface, just south of the Arctic Circle.
Source: wiktionary
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