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 Meaning of ANGULAR
| Pronunciation: |  | 'anggyulur 
 
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[adj]  having angles or an angular shape  [adj]  measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle; "angular momentum"   |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | angled, angulate, asteroid, bicuspid, bicuspidate, cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated, equiangular, isogonic, rectangular, sharp-cornered, star-shaped, three-cornered, triangular, tricuspid, tricuspidate, unicuspid |  |  |  |  | Antonyms: |  | rounded |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | pointed, square |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | 
\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.
\An"gu*lar\, n. (Anat.)
A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles,
and fishes.
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