tangential
English
/tænˈdʒɛn.tʃəl/, /tænˈdʒɛnt.ʃəl/
adj
Definitions
- Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something.
- Merely touching, positioned as a tangent.
- Only indirectly related.
Etymology
Suffix from English tangent root from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (touch, take hold of).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*teh₂g-
Gloss
touch, take hold of
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arctangent English
- bitangent English
- bitangential English
- cotangent English
- equitangential English
- geotaxis English
- hypotaxis English
- intact English
- nontangential English
- nontangentially English
- para-hypotaxis English
- parataxis English
- semitangent English
- subtangent English
- syntax English
- tactful English
- tactility English
- tactless English
- tangent English
- tangental English
- tangentiality English
- tangentialize English
- tangentially English
- tangently English
- taxidermal English
- taxis English
- taxocene English
- taxodont English
- taxonym English
- taxonymy English
- untactful English
- contactus Latin
- contingo Latin
- intactus Latin
- integer Latin
- tactilis Latin
- tactus Latin
- tangentem Latin
- tangere Latin
- tangō Latin
- tāctus Latin
- tālāriā Latin
- intact French
- taxonomie French
- συντακτικός Ancient Greek
- τάξις Ancient Greek
- ταγός Ancient Greek
- τακτικός Ancient Greek
- *tag- Proto-Indo-European
- *teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- *þakwōną Proto-Germanic
- タンジェント Japanese
- *tъknǫti Proto-Slavic
- εντάξει Greek (modern)
- teimlo Welsh
- թակարդ Old Armenian
- tanjent Manx
- *tongeti Proto-Celtic
- *tangō Proto-Italic
- *taťťō Proto-Hellenic
- taxis
- syntax
- intact
- tangent
- tactful
- taxonym
- taxocene
- taxodont
- geotaxis
- taxonymy
- tactless
- hypotaxis
- parataxis
- tangental
- tangently
- cotangent
- bitangent
- tactility
- untactful
- arctangent
- taxidermal
- subtangent
- semitangent
- bitangential
- tangentially
- tangentialize
- nontangential
- tangentiality
- para-hypotaxis
- equitangential
- nontangentially