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nontangential

nontangential adjective: not tangential.

Adjective

nontangential (not comparable)

  1. Not tangential.

Origin of nontangential

From non- + tangential.

Questions about nontangential

What does nontangential mean?
Nontangential means not tangential.
What part of speech is nontangential?
Nontangential is an adjective.

Words near nontangential in the dictionary

  1. nontalkative
  2. nontalker
  3. nontalkers
  4. nontalking
  5. nontan
  6. nontangential
  7. nontangentially
  8. nontangible
  9. nontangibles
  10. nontangled
  11. nontangling

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