TANGENTIAL


Meaning of TANGENTIAL in English

1.

If you describe something as ~, 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 ~ issues...

ADJ

2.

If something is ~ to something else, it is at a tangent to it.

...point T, where the demand curve is ~ to the straight line L.

ADJ: oft ADJ to n

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