Difference between Irrelevant and Tangential

IRRELEVANT vs TANGENTIAL: NOUN

In the geom. of plane cubic curves, the point at which the tangent from any point cuts the curve again. The point of intersection is called the tangential or the point of tangency.

Of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent
Of superficial relevance if any
Merely touching or slightly connected.
Only superficially relevant; divergent.
Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
A force which acts on a moving body in the direction of a tangent to the path of the body, its effect being to increase or diminish the velocity; -- distinguished from a normal force, which acts at right angles to the tangent and changes the direction of the motion without changing the velocity.
See Shear, n., 3.
Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something.
Merely touching, positioned as a tangent.
Only indirectly related.

Not relevant; not having relation; not applicable or pertinent.
In law. having no legitimate bearing on the real question. See immaterial, incompetent, relevant.

Figuratively, slightly connected; touch-and-go.
Of or pertaining to a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
In geology, specifically applied to strains in the earth's crust which are applied in a direction tangential to its surface.

Insignificant, Superfluous, Pointless, Inconsequential, Useless, Moot, Meaningless, Unimportant, Digressive, Impertinent, Unsuitable, Tangential, Extraneous, Inapplicable, Immaterial

Unimportant, Unconnected, Unrelated, Extraneous, Trivial, Inconsequential, Accessory, Shear, Miscellaneous, Ancillary, Peripheral, Tangent, Incidental, Digressive, Irrelevant

Insignificant, Superfluous, Pointless, Inconsequential, Useless, Moot, Meaningless, Unimportant, Digressive, Impertinent, Unsuitable, Tangential, Extraneous, Inapplicable, Immaterial

Unimportant, Unconnected, Unrelated, Extraneous, Trivial, Inconsequential, Accessory, Shear, Miscellaneous, Ancillary, Peripheral, Tangent, Incidental, Digressive, Irrelevant

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The Second Amendment is irrelevant in this regard.
This amendment is irrelevant to our present concern.
Antifederalists as incoherent and irrelevant, for the Articles, according to the leading Antifederalists, were incoherent and irrelevant.
Irrelevant Information During a deposition, you may refuse to answer a question because it is irrelevant to the matter at hand.
The Marxist claims that ethnicity is irrelevant or should be made irrelevant goes against human nature and natural laws.

Patellar zones can be viewed on tangential projections.
Normal and tangential components of the magnetic field.
This termination type works best with tangential transitions.
Other evidence concerning reprehensibility was even more tangential.
Currently, his thoughts are connected, although slightly tangential.
Drop in thumb tangential force caused an increase in the tangential force of virtual finger to overcome the weight of the handle.
Since shearing involves tangential stress, it follows that the viscous forces with which a fluid resists shearing must also be tangential.
To confirm that tangential APAs were not affected by perturbation gain, we examined tangential APAs on force trials.
The elitism really is tangential, and Hayek is centrally committed to its being tangential.
As the tangential forceto prevent sliding, and the tangential stiffness goes to zero.