Tangential GRE Vocabulary Flashcard
/tænˈdʒen.tʃəl/ (adj)
Definition
relating to a tangent which is a straight line that touches but does not cut into a curve, peripheral, extraneous, diverging from a course, oblique, divergent, digressive, lateral, having only a slight connection, diverting, irrelevant, impertinent, indirect, inconsequential
Example
The term I digress is used when someone’s argument is tangential to the central topic and he/she is digressing from the certain topic or course of argument that they are speaking or writing on and is trying to get back on track. The word digress means to veer off course of the main subject of attention or course of a certain argument. If you find yourself becoming tangential and sidetracked from the original topic, you can say, “but I digress,” and return to the subject at hand.
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Antonyms
central, relevant, germane
Parts of speech
Noun: tangent
Adverb: tangentially
