tangentially

基本解释

This is primarily ‘database to database’ information—people are only tangentially involved in most of it.
這主要是數據庫-數據庫的信息，人們僅僅稍微涉及大部分該類信息。
How many are tangentially sculpted because of the tools of creation (tangent-restricted solid modeling software)?
有多少設計是限於創造工具而被迫選擇了正切的造型形式（比如有切線限制的實躰建模軟件）？
There's no longer anything basic about the service, though. It's chockablock with features, options and related tools, some of which are only tangentially related to e-mail.
可是現在它已經不再有任何簡單基本的服務，而是塞滿了各種功能、選項和相關工具，有些僅僅能和電子郵件挨上一點兒邊。

Many of the government initiatives around small business are tangentially aimed at new maker business.
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Incidentally, the biggest investment brain in the world got caught up tangentially in the subprime mortgage web.
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