tangential pressure[力] 切向压力;切向压力
tangential pick切向截齿
tangential feed切向进给;切线进给;切线进料
tangential resistance[力] 切向阻力;接切阻力;切向阻力
tangential motion[天] [物] 切向运动;切线运动;切向运动
tangential focus正切焦点;切线焦点;主焦点
tangential curvature正切曲率;[数] 切面曲率;切线曲率;切向曲率
tangential lapper切线式绕包机
tangential approximation切线逼近;切线逼近法
ADJ（形容词） If you describe something as tangential, 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. 关系不大的 [正式]
Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues.
太多时间花在了讨论那些无关紧要的问题。
ADJ（形容词） If something is tangential to something else, it is at a tangent to it. 相切的 [oft ADJ 'to' n]
He closed his office on the street tangential to the courthouse square and walked the two blocks to his house..
他关了与法院广场相切的那条街上的办公室门，走过了两条街回到家。