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ANGULAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having angles or an angular shape
Synonyms:
angular; angulate
Classified under:
Similar:
angled (forming or set at an angle)
asteroid; star-shaped (shaped like a star)
bicuspid; bicuspidate (having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth))
cuspate; cuspated; cusped; cuspidal; cuspidate; cuspidated (having cusps or points)
equiangular (having all angles equal)
isogonic (having or making equal angles)
rectangular (having four right angles)
sharp-angled; sharp-cornered (having sharp corners)
square-shaped (shaped like a square)
three-cornered (having three corners)
triangular (having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle)
tricuspid; tricuspidate (having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth))
unicuspid (having a single cusp or point)
Also:
pointed (having a point)
square (having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle)
Antonym:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Derivation:
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
angularity (the property possessed by a shape that has angles)
angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle
Example:
angular momentum
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Derivation:
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Context examples:
A naturally produced angular solid of definite form in which the ultimate units from which it is built up are systematically arranged; they are usually evenly spaced on a regular space lattice.
(Crystal Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
“My Agnes!” he exclaimed, with a sickly, angular contortion of himself.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
That angular shadow up yonder was the bait, and we were the hunters.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
‘Spin’ is the term for the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons, which is referred to as up or down.
(Certain organic semiconducting materials can transport spin faster than they conduct charge, University of Cambridge)
A solid that consists of naturally produced angular solids composed of singular, repeating units that are systematically arranged in an evenly spaced lattice.
(Crystal Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
A vein that represents a continuation of the angular vein and lies behind the facial artery.
(Anterior Facial Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of angular acceleration equivalent to the rate of change of angular velocity by one angular degree per second during one second period.
(Degree per Second Squared, NCI Thesaurus)
Instead of superconducting loops, the quantum information in the quantum computer Lepage and his colleagues are devising use the ‘spin’ of an electron – its inherent angular momentum, which can be up or down – to store quantum information.
(Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves, University of Cambridge)
Summerlee was on guard, sitting hunched over our small fire, a quaint, angular figure, his rifle across his knees and his pointed, goat-like beard wagging with each weary nod of his head.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Once more the little room, with its open corner cupboard, and its square-backed chairs, and its angular little staircase leading to the room above, and its three peacock's feathers displayed over the mantelpiece—I remember wondering when I first went in, what that peacock would have thought if he had known what his finery was doomed to come to—fades from before me, and I nod, and sleep.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
