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tangential

[tan-jen-shuhl] / tænˈdʒɛn ʃəl /
ADJECTIVE
digressing
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Tangential acceleration at is directly related to the angular acceleration α and is linked to an increase or decrease in the velocity, but not its direction.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Writer Becky Lang has written about this phenomenon for The Tangential.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2015

Tangential entries cause the warm moist air to spin as it rises forming an anchored convective vortex.

From Forbes • Dec. 17, 2012

Tangential a e ecosa esina e ecosa esina force a -9 deg.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Tangential: set in or meeting at a tangent; applied to ornamentation and processes.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.




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