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noun Physics.

the amount of rotation of a point, line, or body in a specified direction about an axis.

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Words nearby angular displacement

angular cheilitis, angular curvature, angular deformation, angular diameter, angular dispersion, angular displacement, angular frequency, angular gyrus, angular house, angularity, angular leaf spot

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How to use angular displacement in a sentence

You, too, will be zipping along to the angular guitars and zigzagging, herky-jerky vocals.
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This spatial displacement reveals your thirst for freedom, your desire for openness and to break with the protest novel.
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Traditional coach seats gave the illusion of comfortable padding but were angular, not reflecting body shapes.
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He has a long white beard and a massive angular nose that could be the work of Gutzon Borglum.
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For those who escape direct physical injury, there remain the ill effects of displacement and deprivation.
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He was tall, angular, and emaciated, and his features were cast in a most irregular mould.
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Conglomerate, containing angular fragments of yellowish-grey quartz-rock, in a base of compact epidote.
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Angular and bony, with slightly stooped shoulders, his face is a mass of minute wrinkles seamed on yellow parchment.
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This secular displacement of the line of the apsides brings a sixth complication to the motion of our abiding-place.
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They are simply well-designed boats of light displacement and large sail-area, very fast and very handy.
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British Dictionary definitions for angular displacement

angular displacement

noun

physics the angle through which a point, line, or body is rotated about a specific axis in a given direction

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Scientific definitions for angular displacement

angular displacement

The distance an object moves when following a circular path. It is represented by the length of the arc of a circle drawn to represent the motion of the object about a fixed point.