0 Ideas or information that is germane to a particular subject or situation is connected with and important to it:
Her remarks could not have been more germane to the discussion.
This makes the study of vulnerability particularly germane to cross-cultural and cross-national research on old-age and elderly support.
Chapter vii, a splendid example of full and compelling analysis germane to the book's most ambitious goals, also plays a key role in its structure.
I have also ignored certain ancillary demonstrations that are germane but not absolutely essential to solving the core problem.
The ban on private ownership and low incomes were not germane to the growth of philanthropy and welfare markets.
Consequently, the idea of distinguishing between legitimate and quack practitioners, although still germane, is not likely to gather much force.
It may well be that differences are less germane than the fundamental similarity : the trauma that both caused their victims is comparable.
Here also legal and ethical issues germane to informed consent arise.
Many issues germane to the history of the philosophy of religion are considered.
