The term "tangential" appears in a diverse range of contexts, serving both precise technical functions and more figurative roles in narrative descriptions. In scientific and technical writing, it often describes something oriented along or touching a curve—whether referring to the direction of forces ([1], [2]), the alignment of cross-sections in wood or biological tissue ([3], [4], [5]), or the geometry of curves and angles ([6], [7]). Meanwhile, in more literary or figurative contexts the word can indicate a departure or digression, as an idea or discussion shifts superficially away from the main subject ([8], [9]). This versatility underscores the word's capacity to bridge concrete physical descriptions with metaphorical or analytic nuances in literature.