A Topical Dictionary: Search for Angular

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English

Etymology

Latin angularis, from angulus angle, corner. See angle.

Pronunciation

(WEAE) IPA: /ˈæŋ.ju.lɚ/ or /-lɑɹ/

Adjective

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
(Figurative) Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.

Translations

French: angulaire (1,2), anguleux (3)
Icelandic: hyrndur (1,2), hyrnd (1,2), hyrnt (1,2); skarphyrndur (1,2), skarphyrnd (1,2), skarphyrnt (1,2); horn#Adjective|horn (1,2), beinaber (3), beinabert (3)

Noun

In the Context of A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Angular \An"gu*lar\, n. (Anat.)
A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles,
and fishes.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Angular \An"gu*lar\, a. [L. angularis, fr. angulus angle,
corner. See Angle.]
1. Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or
angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered;
pointed; as, an angular figure.
[1913 Webster]

2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
[1913 Webster]

3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff
in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and
appearance; an angular female.
[1913 Webster]

Angular aperture, Angular distance. See Aperture,
Distance.

Angular motion, the motion of a body about a fixed point or
fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the
angle passed over at the point or axis by a line drawn to
the body.

Angular point, the point at which the sides of the angle
meet; the vertex.

Angular velocity, the ratio of anuglar motion to the time
employed in describing.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet angular
adj 1: measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle;
"angular momentum"
2: having angles or an angular shape [syn: angulate] [ant: rounded]

Moby Dictionary
V-shaped , Y-shaped , akimbo , bent , bony , cornered , crooked ,
crotched , crude , forked , furcal , furcate , gaunt , geniculate ,
geniculated , hooked , jagged , knee-shaped , lank , lanky , pointed ,
raw , rawboned , rough , roughhewn , rude , saw-toothed , sawtooth ,
scraggy , scrawny , serrate , sharp , sharp-cornered , skinny , spare ,
undressed , unfashioned , unfinished , unpolished , unworked , weedy ,
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