Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.Tangential force (Mech.), a force which acts on a moving body in thedirection of a tangent to the path of the body, its effect being toincrease or diminish the velocity; -- distinguished from a normalforce, which acts at right angles to the tangent and changes thedirection of the motion without changing the velocity.-- Tangential stress. (Engin.) See Shear, n., 3.

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