Do not confuse ever the tangential acceleration, which is along the circumference, with a centripetal acceleration.

但是别把这个切向加速度，它是沿着圆周的，和向心加速度混淆。

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The quality of this transition is best visualized by a straight line drawn between two circles: the line's only point of contact with each circle is tangential.

用最明显的图形来描述这个过渡的特性就是：当在两个圆之间绘制一条直线，直线与每个圆只有一个交点时，那么这条线就是两个圆的切线。

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Place important but supplemental or tangential material in a secondary position on the page.

补充或相关的重要材料放置在页面的第二个区域。

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Often, a company with only a tangential connection to a case is hit with massive damage judgments merely because it has the resources.

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The judiciary has allowed the "deep- pockets" theory to prevail: Companies with only the most distant, tangential connection to a case have been hit with huge liability judgments.

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And it might just work, if BP can avoid getting dragged into a morass of tangential health claims like the ones that sank just about every company that manufactured or installed asbestos products as a main line of business.

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