Meaning of ANGULAR
Pronunciation: | | 'anggyulur
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- [adj] having angles or an angular shape
- [adj] measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle; "angular momentum"
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| Synonyms: | | angled, angulate, asteroid, bicuspid, bicuspidate, cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated, equiangular, isogonic, rectangular, sharp-cornered, star-shaped, three-cornered, triangular, tricuspid, tricuspidate, unicuspid |
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| Antonyms: | | rounded | |
| See Also: | | pointed, square | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff
in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and
appearance; an angular female.
{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.
\An"gu*lar\, n. (Anat.)
A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles,
and fishes.
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| Related Terms: | | 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, sawtooth, saw-toothed, scraggy, scrawny, serrate, sharp, sharp-cornered, skinny, spare, undressed, unfashioned, unfinished, unpolished, unworked, V-shaped, weedy, Y-shaped, zigzag |
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