tangent

Then, the next morning, he did that radio show and went on his notorious tangent about Chuck Lorre.

Not every tangent Jacobson follows is particularly illuminating, as he is the first to admit.

At last the climbing trail dipped into a level tangent just below the top of the mountain.

Mr. Benjamin had been in the neighborhood, but, hearing that the enemy were in Madison, had gone off at a tangent.

The mere thought of the hospital sent her mind flying off at a tangent.

The last wipe should be a quick stroke coming off of joint on a tangent.

Two guns were for a time in the hands of the Boers, who, I believe, removed the tangent sights.