Thesaurus: angular

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1. a. 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. a. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
3. a. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.
4. n. A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
5. adj. measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle
6. adj. having angles or an angular shape
7. 1. Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered">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. A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
8. A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles,and fishes.
9. j:100 a. measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle a. having angles or an angular shape