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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Tangential (0.00831 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Tangential.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tangential
tangential
adj 1: of superficial relevance if any;
“a digressive allusion to
the day of the week”;
“a tangential remark” [syn:
digressive]
2: of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a
tangent;
“tangential forces”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tangential
Tangential
\Tan*gen"tial\, a. (Geom.)
Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
[1913 Webster]
Tangential force (Mech.), a force which acts on a moving
body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the
body, its effect being to increase or diminish the
velocity; -- distinguished from a normal force, which acts
at right angles to the tangent and changes the direction
of the motion without changing the velocity.
Tangential stress. (Engin.) See
Shear, n., 3.
[1913 Webster]
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