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Adjective: tangential  tan'jenshul
  1. Of superficial relevance if any
    "a tangential remark"
    - digressive
     
  2. Of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent
    "tangential forces"

See also: beside the point, irrelevant, tangent, tangentially

Encyclopedia: Tangential