- pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
- merely touching; slightly connected: tangential information.
- divergent or digressive, as from a subject under consideration: tangential remarks.
- tending to digress or to reply to questions obliquely.
- of, being, relating to, or in the direction of a tangent
- (of velocity) in a direction perpendicular to the line of sight of a celestial object
- of superficial relevance only; digressive
