Angular \An"gu*lar\, n. (Anat.)
A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles,
and fishes.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
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3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff
in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and
appearance; an angular female.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "angular":
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,
zigzag
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
angulate
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