(UK) Alternative form of go off on a tangent

(US) Synonym of fly off at a tangent

In a tangential manner or direction.

Referring to a tangent, moving at a tangent to something. / Merely touching, positioned as a tangent. / Only indirectly related.

The quality of being tangential. / (medicine) A mental condition in which one tends to digress from the topic under discussion, especially by word association.

plural of tangentiality

The instantaneous velocity (speed) of a body moving along a circular (or elliptical) path

simple past tense and past participle of tangentialize

(transitive) To make tangential; to bring or drive away from its natural course.

present participle of tangentialize