Even his everyday speech was an off-the-cuff, tangential, disjointed narrative.
Source: tatoeba (717961)
Tangential
/tænˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡ʃəl/
Synonyms for "tangential" (65 found)
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Adjective(8 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (32)
Noun(6 words)
Adjective(13 words)
noncentral force componentobliqueoblique typeoff topic questionpartial plane contactperipheralperipheral conceptperipheral issueperipherallyside topicside-issue exampletangenttouching
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11 entriesaside remarkborderline relevancedigressive noteinsignificant relationminor digressionoff topic remarktangent linetangent planetangent pointtangent vectortangential remark
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12 entriesapproach tangentiallytangential componenttangential linetangential observationtangential planetangential relationtangential remarkstangential stresstangential totangential velocitytangentially relatedtouch tangentially
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2 entriesmore tangentialmost tangential
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1 entriesSample 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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