Hypertext Webster Gateway: "angular"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Angular \An"gu*lar\, n. (Anat.)
A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles,
and fishes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Angular \An"gu*lar\, a. [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) 1.7 (wn)
angular
adj 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}]
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