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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle;
- Example: "angular momentum"

2. having angles or an angular shape;
[syn: angular, angulate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Angular \An"gu*lar\, n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: angular, angulate] [ant: rounded]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "angular": V-shaped, Y-shaped, akimbo, bent, bony, cornered, crooked, crotched, crude, forked, furcal, furcate, gaunt, geniculate, geniculated, hooked, jagged, knee-shaped, lank, lanky, pointed, raw, rawboned, rough, roughhewn, rude, saw-toothed, sawtooth, scraggy, scrawny, serrate, sharp, sharp-cornered, skinny, spare, undressed, unfashioned, unfinished, unpolished, unworked, weedy, zigzag