ENGLISH → NEPALI
tangent
01
noun
छलफलको एक नयाँ विषय जो अघिल्लो विषयसँग सम्बन्धित छैन, जहाँ उससँगको एक (गौण वा तुच्छ) समान बिन्दुका कारण पुगिन्छ
A new topic of discussion unrelated to the one which came before it, arrived at due to a single (peripheral or trivial) point in common with it.
In a sentence
I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party.
मलाई लाग्छ, जब हामीले उसको अवकाश पार्टीमा साइकलमा बाँदरको कुरा गर्न थाल्यौं, हामी विषयबाट भड्कियौं
02
adjective
सीधा; तेर्सो रूपमा बाँकी नभएको
Straight; not horizontally curved.
In a sentence
The collision occurred on a two-mile stretch of tangent track.
ठक्कर दुई माइल लामो सीधा रेलखण्डमा भयो
A note on usage
not-comparable; of track