About The Word Angular
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What's The Definition Of Angular?
[adj] having angles or an angular shape
[adj] measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle; "angular momentum" Synonyms | Synonyms for Angular: angled | angulate | asteroid | bicuspid | bicuspidate | cuspate | cuspated | cusped | cuspidal | cuspidate | cuspidated | equiangular | isogonic | rectangular | sharp-cornered | star-shaped | three-cornered | triangular | tricuspid | tricuspidate | unicuspid Related Terms | Find terms related to Angular: 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 Angular In Webster's Dictionary \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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