tangential
/tænˈdʒenʃ(ə)l/adjective [原级] [数] 切线的，[数] 正切的；离题的，扯远的
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。
noun [抽象名词] 正切，切线
Do not confuse ever the tangential acceleration, which is along the circumference, with centripetal acceleration. 不要把沿圆周的切向加速度与向心加速度混淆。
tang (接触) + ent + ial → 和圆接触的线 → 切线的
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- 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。