Word Meanings - TANGENTIALLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In the direction of a tangent.

Related words: (words related to TANGENTIALLY)

• TANGENTIAL
  Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent. Tangential force , 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
• TANGENT
  A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced.
• TANGENTAL
  Tangential.
• TANGENT SPOKE
  A tension spoke of a bicycle or similar wheel, secured tangentially to the hub.
• DIRECTION
  The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. Wilhelm. Syn. -- Administration; guidance; management; superintendence;
• TANGENTIALLY
  In the direction of a tangent.
• TANGENT WHEEL
  A worm or worm wheel; a tangent screw. A wheel with tangent spokes.
• COTANGENT
  The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
• BITANGENT
  Possessing the property of touching at two points. -- n.
• MISDIRECTION
  An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. Mozley & W. (more info) 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
• SUBTANGENT
  The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.
• INDIRECTION
  Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.
• SEMITANGENT
  The tangent of half an arc.