Definition for
tangential
– Of or pertaining to a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
– Figuratively, slightly connected; touch-and-go.
noun – In the geom. of plane cubic curves, the point at which the tangent from any point cuts the curve again. The point of intersection is called the tangential or the point of tangency.
– In geology, specifically applied to strains in the earth's crust which are applied in a direction tangential to its surface.
adjective – Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
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a force which acts on a moving body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the body, its effect being to increase or diminish the velocity; -- distinguished from a
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