"tangential" meaning in All languages combined

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      "form": "more tangential",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Edward Teller, Memoirs: A Twentieth Century Journey in Science and Politics, page 560",
          "text": "The meteor came in on a tangential orbit and exploded about 8 or 10 miles above the earth's surface, just south of the Arctic Circle.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 2, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3",
          "text": "A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.",
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        "Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something."
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        {
          "_dis1": "60 34 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "referring to a tangent",
          "word": "tangencial"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 34 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "referring to a tangent",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 34 5",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "referring to a tangent",
          "word": "tanĝanta"
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          "_dis1": "60 34 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "referring to a tangent",
          "word": "tangentiaalinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 34 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "referring to a tangent",
          "word": "tangential"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 34 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "referring to a tangent",
          "word": "tangenziale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 34 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "referring to a tangent",
          "word": "tangențial"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 34 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tangencialʹnyj",
          "sense": "referring to a tangent",
          "word": "тангенциальный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 34 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kasatelʹnyj",
          "sense": "referring to a tangent",
          "word": "касательный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 34 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "referring to a tangent",
          "word": "tangencial"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 34 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "referring to a tangent",
          "word": "(thuộc) tiếp tuyến"
        }
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          "ref": "1898, Gary Nathan Calkins, Mitosis in Noctiluca miliaris and its bearing on the nuclear relations of the Protozoa and Metazoa, Ph.D. Thesis, page 3",
          "text": "The archoplasm divides and forms a very large spindle which first lies tangential to the surface of the nucleus."
        }
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        "Merely touching, positioned as a tangent."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "merely touching",
          "word": "tanĝanta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "merely touching",
          "word": "sivuava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "merely touching",
          "word": "tangentiaalinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "merely touching",
          "word": "tangential"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "merely touching",
          "word": "streifend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "merely touching",
          "word": "berührend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "merely touching",
          "word": "tangenziale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "merely touching",
          "word": "tangente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kasajuščijsja",
          "sense": "merely touching",
          "word": "касающийся"
        }
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        {
          "text": "That subject is tangential to our discussion, and we cannot let it distract us."
        }
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        "Only indirectly related."
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          "_dis1": "2 5 93",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "only indirectly related",
          "word": "tangencial"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 5 93",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "only indirectly related",
          "word": "okrajový"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 5 93",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "only indirectly related",
          "word": "parenteza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 5 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "only indirectly related",
          "word": "epäolennainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 5 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "only indirectly related",
          "word": "etäisesti liittyvä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 5 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "only indirectly related",
          "word": "tangentiaalinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 5 93",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "only indirectly related",
          "word": "nebensächlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 5 93",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "only indirectly related",
          "word": "tangenziale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 5 93",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otklonjájuščijsja",
          "sense": "only indirectly related",
          "word": "отклоня́ющийся"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 5 93",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "imejuščij slaboje otnošénije",
          "sense": "only indirectly related",
          "word": "имеющий слабое отноше́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 5 93",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "only indirectly related",
          "word": "tangencial"
        }
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "referring to a tangent",
      "word": "tangencial"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "referring to a tangent",
      "word": "tečnový"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "referring to a tangent",
      "word": "tanĝanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "referring to a tangent",
      "word": "tangentiaalinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "referring to a tangent",
      "word": "tangential"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "referring to a tangent",
      "word": "tangenziale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "referring to a tangent",
      "word": "tangențial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tangencialʹnyj",
      "sense": "referring to a tangent",
      "word": "тангенциальный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kasatelʹnyj",
      "sense": "referring to a tangent",
      "word": "касательный"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "referring to a tangent",
      "word": "tangencial"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "referring to a tangent",
      "word": "(thuộc) tiếp tuyến"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "merely touching",
      "word": "tanĝanta"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "merely touching",
      "word": "sivuava"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "merely touching",
      "word": "tangentiaalinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "merely touching",
      "word": "tangential"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "merely touching",
      "word": "streifend"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "merely touching",
      "word": "berührend"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "merely touching",
      "word": "tangenziale"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "merely touching",
      "word": "tangente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kasajuščijsja",
      "sense": "merely touching",
      "word": "касающийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "only indirectly related",
      "word": "tangencial"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "only indirectly related",
      "word": "okrajový"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "only indirectly related",
      "word": "parenteza"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "only indirectly related",
      "word": "epäolennainen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "only indirectly related",
      "word": "etäisesti liittyvä"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "only indirectly related",
      "word": "tangentiaalinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "only indirectly related",
      "word": "nebensächlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "only indirectly related",
      "word": "tangenziale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otklonjájuščijsja",
      "sense": "only indirectly related",
      "word": "отклоня́ющийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "imejuščij slaboje otnošénije",
      "sense": "only indirectly related",
      "word": "имеющий слабое отноше́ние"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "only indirectly related",
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}