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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Angular \An"gu*lar\, noun (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Angular \An"gu*lar\, adjective [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
angular
adjective
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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