tangential

1. Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something.

   tangential

   тангенциальныйtangencialʹnyj, касательныйkasatelʹnyj

2. Merely touching, positioned as a tangent.

   tangential, streifend, berührend

   касающийсяkasajuščijsja

3. Only indirectly related.

   That subject is tangential to our discussion, and we cannot let it distract us.

   nebensächlich

   отклоня́ющийсяotklonjájuščijsja, имеющий слабое отноше́ниеimejuščij slaboje otnošénije

1. Even his everyday speech was an off-the-cuff, tangential, disjointed narrative.

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2. The liquid flow submits the container to what we call tangential stress.

   deDie Flüssigkeitsströmung lässt im Behälter das entstehen, was wir Tangentialspannung nennen.

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3. When left to my own devices, I tend to daydream and get lost in a series of tangential thought patterns.

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