Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
tangential .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Geom.) Tangential.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Common misspelling of
tangential .
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Examples
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Morrison's JLA was always going somewhere - It's just that the main cast of hereos were kind of tangental to the big theme/plot thing.
Top 100 Comic Book Runs #12-10 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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I would say Marxism became a cult but the book was more tangental to the conversion.
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Mark, your musings (tangental though they may be) reminded me of a question that I've been pondering for a long time: Why exactly do companies so frequently sit on IP and products that they can release at very little expense to themselves?
The Tick Petition, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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We have traced some of the money out to countries where the link to terrorism is tangental, if not solid.
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Klein has brought these same tangental attacks and refusal to tell the full truth to his coverage of Elena Kagan, Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court.
Terry Krepel: WorldNetDaily's Aaron Klein Hurls Slime At Elena Kagan 2010
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We have traced some of the money out to countries where the link to terrorism is tangental, if not solid.
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Klein has brought these same tangental attacks and refusal to tell the full truth to his coverage of Elena Kagan, Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court.
Terry Krepel: WorldNetDaily's Aaron Klein Hurls Slime At Elena Kagan 2010
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I would say Marxism became a cult but the book was more tangental to the conversion.
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Slightly tangental, the BBC dancers do the BBC post-apocalyptic rave theme
Making Light: Boomdeyada boomdeyada boomdeyada boomdeyada 2010
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When you reply, could I ask you to please stick to answering the specific questions I asked (i.e. Please no tangental accusations or commentary).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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