Definition of Tangintial
Tan*gen"tial (?), a. (Geom.) Of
or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
Tangential force (Mech.), 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. -- Tangential stress. (Engin.)
See Shear, n., 3.
Tan*gen"tial (?), a. (Geom.) Of
or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
Tangential force (Mech.), 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. -- Tangential stress. (Engin.)
See Shear, n., 3.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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