tangential
suomi-englanti sanakirjatangential englannista suomeksi
tangentiaalinen
epäolennainen, etäisesti liittyvä, sivuava
tangential englanniksi
Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something.
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{{quote-journal|en|date=2012-03
Merely touching, positioned as a tangent.
1898, Gary Nathan Calkins, ''Mitosis in (taxlink) and its bearing on the nuclear relations of the Protozoa and Metazoa'', Ph.D. Thesis, page 3
- The archoplasm divides and forms a very large spindle which first lies tangential to the surface of the nucleus.
Only indirectly related.
''That subject is tangential to our discussion, and we cannot let it distract us.''