tangential (ti as sh)

[Eng. tangent; -ial.] Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent. "Give the heavy planets their tangential motion."Search: Light of Nature , vol. ii., pt. ii., ch. xxii. tangential-force, s . 1. The same as CENTRIFUGAL-FORCE. 2. Mech .: A force which acts upon a wheel in the direction of a tangent to the wheel, and this is the direction in which motion is communicated between wheels and pinions or from one wheel to another. tangential-plane, s. A tangent-plane (q. v.). tăn-gen-tial-lỹ (t as sh), adv . [Eng. tangen tial; -ly.] In a tangential manner; in direction of a tangent.