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

• In this paper, difference method is used for solving tangential stress at the boundary on the basis of BEM.
  本文在边界元法分析的基础上，用差分法计算边界切向应力。
• The problems of deformation for shaft lining are investigated under arbitrary axisymmetric normal loads and tangential loads with end loads.
  对有限长立井井壁在任意轴对称的法向、切向以及端面荷载的共同作用下的变形问题作了分析研究。
• 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。
• It was validated that the relationship between the side resistance of piles and the difference of tangential displacement between two sides of the pile-soil interface could be expressed by hyperbola.
  验证了桩侧阻力与接触面两侧切向位移差之间关系可以用双曲线表示。
• A method of the determination of the tire side-slip characteristics, vertical and tangential stiffness and damping is given.
  提出了轮胎的侧偏特性、向和切向轮胎刚度阻尼的确定方法。
• Compared to the direct quenching process, the tangential and axial stresses of proposed cooling methods are both decreased, then the microcrack formation and propagation is relieved.
  与直接淬火工艺相比，优化冷却工艺使钢管内的切向和轴向残余应力均减小，从而降低和缓解了钢管内微裂纹的产生和扩展趋势。
• 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。
• This paper introduces the steam temperature deviation in the superheater system of600MW tangential firing boiler and also introduces the reasons to cause these steam temperature deviations.
  阐述了四角切向燃烧600MW锅炉过热器系统蒸汽温度分布特性，分析了这种温度分布特性产生的原因，并提出了解决过热器系统存在的蒸汽温度偏差的措施。
• 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。
• 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。