tangential

英 [tænˈdʒenʃl]

美 [tænˈdʒenʃl]

adj.  稍微沾边的; 离题的; 不相干的; 正切的; 切线的

GRE医学

BNC.25726 / COCA.25263

牛津词典

adj.

• 稍微沾边的；离题的；不相干的
  having only a slight or indirect connection with sth
  1. a tangential argument
     牵强附会的论点
• 正切的；切线的
  of or along a tangent

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 关系不大的;不直接相干的
  If you describe something astangential, you mean that it has only a slight or indirect connection with the thing you are concerned with, and is therefore not worth considering seriously.
  1. Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues...
     太多的时间花在了讨论那些无关紧要的问题上。
  2. They thought the whole thing was a side-show, tangential to the real world of business.
     他们认为整件事情只是一个插曲，和真正的商界没有多大关系。
• ADJ 切线的;相切的
  If something istangential tosomething else, it is at a tangent to it.
  1. ...point T, where the demand curve is tangential to the straight line L.
     需求曲线和直线 L 相切之点 T
  2. ...the street tangential to the courthouse square.
     和法院大楼广场相切的那条大街

英英释义

adj

• of superficial relevance if any
  1. a digressive allusion to the day of the week
  2. a tangential remark
  Synonym:digressive
• of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent
  1. tangential forces

双语例句

• It was validated that the relationship between the side resistance of piles and the difference of tangential displacement between two sides of the pile-soil interface could be expressed by hyperbola.
  验证了桩侧阻力与接触面两侧切向位移差之间关系可以用双曲线表示。
• Provide tangential nozzle design for level nozzles on the liquid sump.
  在液体排污箱上水平的接管提供切线方向接管设计。
• Experimental Research of Cold Aero-dynamical Field on Eight-square Double Tangential Circle Combustion System
  八角双切圆燃烧系统冷态空气动力场试验研究
• Compared to the direct quenching process, the tangential and axial stresses of proposed cooling methods are both decreased, then the microcrack formation and propagation is relieved.
  与直接淬火工艺相比，优化冷却工艺使钢管内的切向和轴向残余应力均减小，从而降低和缓解了钢管内微裂纹的产生和扩展趋势。
• To improve the flux of membrane distillation, a rotary tangential inflow method is used to enhance the mass transfer process, and its numerical simulation and mechanism study have done.
  为了提高膜蒸馏通量，使用了旋转切向入流的方式来强化传质过程，并对其作了深入的数值模拟和机理研究。
• Then, the coarse code and subdivision code, of which the angle is consisted, were read out along the disc's radial direction and tangential direction, separately.
  然后，分别沿码盘的径向和切向读取粗码和细分码，并由它们构成最终的角度值。
• They thought the whole thing was a side-show, tangential to the real world of business.
  他们认为整件事情只是一个插曲，和真正的商界没有多大关系。
• Surface electroosmosis method can reduce coal tangential resistance, but the pole distribution affects the result of reducing resistance.
  表面电渗法可有效地减少煤的切向阻力，但电极分布对电渗效果有很大影响。
• I give this pendulum a tangential speed.
  给这个单摆一个。
• Do not confuse ever the tangential acceleration, which is along the circumference, with a centripetal acceleration.
  但是别把这个切向加速度，它是沿着圆周的，和向心加速度混淆。