tangential
adj. <正>间接相关的; 次要的; 外围的; 略为触及题目的
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.
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。
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。
If something is tangential to something else, it is at a tangent to it.
...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
...the street tangential to the courthouse square.
和法院大楼广场相切的那条大街
1. of superficial relevance if any;
2. of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent;
The forces in operation have the form of lateral or tangential thrust.
作用力的形式是侧向冲断或切向冲断.
It is tangential to our main objective.
这与我们主要目的有偏离.
Each of circular dishes is subjected to the action of a tangential force.
每个圆盘都受到切向力的作用.
The tangential coefficient for non - sliding oblique collision is introduced.
该文对无滑斜碰撞的研究引入了切向系数.
The outer tangential wall of both surfaces had cuticle.
上下表皮外切向壁上均有角质膜.