angular
Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
Adjective
- Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
- Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
- Sharp-cornered; pointed.
- an angular figure
- In overall appearance, katakana symbols are more angular in shape and hiragana are more rounded. Here are the first five sounds of each script (a, i, u, e, o). Compare these two sets of symbols and see if you can...
- Measured by an angle.
- angular distance
- Lean, lank.
- Ungraceful; lacking grace.
- Sharp and stiff in character.
- He's remarkably angular in his habits and appearance.
- She is an angular female.
- Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).
Origin
From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle.
Forms
Related
-angular octangular quadrangular sexangular subangular triangular
Derived
acutangular anangular angulaperturate angular acceleration angular aperture angular artery angular cheilitis angular defect angular displacement angular distance angular frequency angular gyrus angular harp angularity angularize angularly angular magnification angular mil angular momentum angular motion angularness angular-nodulose angular position angular resolution
Noun
- A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.