tangential

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Several of the chapters, about particle accelerators and fusion reactors, take readers on cursory tours of facilities that have at best a tangential connection to space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Other tangential ways to play the issue are with European defense stocks or critical minerals companies.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

Coming from an Allison Williams movie, a tangential query popped into my head: Is everyone a Marnie now?

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2025

“There’s a tangential connection there, but I don’t know the exact story,” McLeod caveats.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

The Coriolis effect happens because of the difference between these two tangential velocities.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd