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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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