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

• 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。
• The effects on flux of tangential flow rate, time, pressure and temperature were investigated.
  研究了错流方式的板式膜组件的切向流速、时间、压力、温度等对渗透通量的影响。
• 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。
• The paper introduces measurements about dielectric constant and tangential loss angle of a group of good function and high frequency printed electronic circuit plate with microstrip circuit.
  介绍了利用微带电路来确定一组高性能、高频印刷电路板材料的介电常数和损耗角正切的方法，且给出了一组印刷电路板材料的特性测量值。
• For a small cover over a polytope, its equivariant cobordism class is determined by the tangential representation set.
  多面体上的小覆盖的等变配边类是由它的切表示集所决定的。
• 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。
• Furthermore, having taken into account the effect of tangential distortion and gradient of the pixels, so this approach has a more widely application.
  而且，由于充分考虑了镜头切向畸变和像素倾斜角的影响，故适用范围更广。
• First is to set aside several cases that are tangential to the main theme.
  首先抛开几个和主题无关的例子。
• 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。
• Lines which are everywhere tangential to the direction of the flow of electric current are called streamlines.
  处处均与电流方向相切的曲线称为流线。