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Definition of Angular
1. Adjective. Measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle. "Angular momentum"
2. Adjective. Having angles or an angular shape.
Also: Pointed, Square
Similar to: Angled, Asteroid, Star-shaped, Bicuspid, Bicuspidate, Cuspate, Cuspated, Cusped, Cuspidal, Cuspidate, Cuspidated, Equiangular, Isogonic, Rectangular, Sharp-angled, Sharp-cornered, Square-shaped, Three-cornered, Triangular, Tricuspid, Tricuspidate, Unicuspid
Derivative terms: Angle, Angularity, Angularity, Angle
Antonyms: Rounded
Definition of Angular
1. a. 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. n. A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
Definition of Angular
1. Adjective. Relating to an angle or angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as in, an angular figure. ¹
2. Adjective. Measured by an angle; as in, angular distance. ¹
3. Adjective. (figuratively) Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female. ¹
4. Noun. (context: anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Angular
1. having sharp corners [adj]
Medical Definition of Angular
1.
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. 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.
Origin: L. Angularis, fr. Angulus angle, corner. See Angle.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Angular
Literary usage of Angular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"Thus one obtains in succession : angular velocity : reproducing all the ...
angular momentum, moment of momentum : If n and n' be the moments of inertia the ..."
2. The Elementary Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid by Edward John Routh (1905)
"This couple will generate an angular velocity of known magnitude about the ...
By compounding this with the existing angular velocity, the change in the ..."
3. The Advanced Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies by Edward John Routh (1905)
"The effect of such a couple is not to alter the motion of the body in space but
to increase the resultant angular momentum by ¡Qdt. If G is the resultant ..."
4. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"angular Velocity. — The angular velocity of a moving particle is defined as the
time rate of angular displacement of the particle. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Hence the second is the angular velocity about (1). It appears at once from this
result, and from the form of (1), that are the direction cosines of the ..."
6. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1857)
"That angular bottles or vessels, and none others, be employed in the dispensing
of all medicines intended for external use. 2. That round bottles or vessels ..."
7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1892)
"Abscess in left angular gyrus was diagnosticated, and Mr. Horsley operated. ...
On trephining, an abscess was found in the upper part of the angular gyrus ..."
8. A Treatise on Infinitesimal Calculus: Containing Differential and Integral by Bartholomew Price (1889)
"We proceed now to consider the resolution and composition of angular velocities,
the rotation-axes of which do not meet; and we will first consider the ..."
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