angular
Americanadjective
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having an angle or angles.
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consisting of, situated at, or forming an angle.
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of, relating to, or measured by an angle.
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Physics. pertaining to quantities related to a revolving body that are measured in reference to its axis of revolution.
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bony, lean, or gaunt.
a tall, angular man.
- Antonyms:
- rotund
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acting or moving awkwardly.
- Antonyms:
- graceful
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stiff in manner; unbending.
adjective
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lean or bony
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awkward or stiff in manner or movement
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having an angle or angles
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placed at an angle
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measured by an angle or by the rate at which an angle changes
Other Word Forms
- angularly adverb
- angularness noun
- interangular adjective
- semiangular adjective
- subangular adjective
- subangularly adverb
- subangularness noun
- unangular adjective
- unangularly adverb
- unangularness noun
Etymology
Origin of angular
1590–1600; < Latin angulāris having corners or angles, equivalent to angul ( us ) angle 1 + -āris -ar 1
Example Sentences
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Conservation of angular momentum is your best friend.
From Literature
Although orbital angular momentum entanglement has been widely explored, it has often been considered fragile.
From Science Daily
An angular scrawl was all that was left of her beautiful curling signature, but it was soon recognized and loved all over Haarlem.
From Literature
The shape of him in my doorway and how seeing him there, rumpled and angular, almost never seemed out of place; it seemed as though he had come with the room.
From Literature
His angular head topped with a green felt crown; his toothy mouth a sinister, grimacing gash; his eyes blackened with what looks like charcoal.
From Los Angeles Times
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