transcription, транскрипция: [ tændʒenʃ(ə)l ]
1.
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 was spent discussing tangential issues...
ADJ
2.
If something is tangential to something else, it is at a tangent to it.
...point T, where the demand curve is tangential to the straight line L.
ADJ : oft ADJ to n