angular
angular
Definition
an·gu·lar (aŋ′gyo̵̅o̅ lər, -gyə-)
adjective
- having or forming an angle or angles; having sharp corners
- measured by an angle angular distance
- with bones that jut out
- without ease or grace angular strides
Etymology: L angularis < angulus, angle
an′·gu·larly adverb
angular
Synonyms
angular
modif.
Coming to an angle
sharp-cornered, intersecting, crossing, oblique, divaricate, with corners, V-shaped, Y-shaped, crotched, forked, bent, akimbo, bifurcate(d), crooked, pointed, triangular, rectangular, scraggy, jagged, staggered, zigzag. Antonyms
round*, parallel, side-by-side. Tall and bony
lank, lean, gaunt, rawboned, bony, awkward, ungainly, lanky, stiff, spindly, spare, gangling, gawky, scrawny, clumsy. Antonyms
round*, plump, fleshy.
angular
Usage Examples
Used with adjective complement
- become: Over the same interval Type A sequence boundaries become angular rather than parallel unconformities, suggesting increased tilting of the basin margin.
- look: The downside is that the unit looks too angular for the M20?
Modifies a noun
- momentum: The concept of angular momentum can be made to feel very real to a child with the use of simple props.
- velocity: The angular velocity for then Sun is by 20 % larger at the equator compared to the poles.
- acceleration: The semicircular canals of the inner ear sense changes in angular acceleration.
- cheilitis: S. aureus has been isolated from a wide range of infective oral conditions, such as angular cheilitis and parotitis.
- quartz: Rare fragments of similar size to the angular quartz.
- gyrus: Exciting one spot - the angular gyrus in the right cortex - repeatedly caused out-of-body experiences.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: DY - Should the trombone solo be a legato counterpoint to the rather angular bass vocal solo?
- very: All hi-tech, covered in glass and very angular.
- somewhat: Early blight shows as distinctive dark brown spots, somewhat angular, with concentric rings and bounded by the leaf veins.
- too: The downside is that the unit looks too angular for the M20?
- slightly: Instead of scales, the body and tail are apparently enclosed in rows of plates, making them feel slightly angular.
- sharply: After the sharply angular esthetic of the exterior of the church the visitor is surprised by the curves that everywhere meet the eye inside.
Preposition: in
- shape: Most of the grains between rounded and angular, but are nearer rounded rather than angular in shape so are sub-rounded.
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