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TANGENTIALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tangentially mean?
• TANGENTIALLY (adverb)
The adverb TANGENTIALLY has 1 sense:
1. peripherally
Familiarity information: TANGENTIALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Peripherally
Context example:
touched on it tangentially
Pertainym:
tangential (of superficial relevance if any)
Context examples
It is the magnetic auxiliary field strength created tangentially at a distance of one meter from a straight conductor of infinite length and with negligible cross section by a circulating current of one ampere, or linear electric current density when one ampere electric current is conducted in one meter wide conducting sheet.
(Ampere per Meter, NCI Thesaurus)
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