Angular
Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.
A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
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Angular Quotations
The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure, which cannot be described, but which is equal to anything.
Stephen Leacock
Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds.
Norman McLaren
The research included neutron resonance spectroscopy, the angular distribution of pion elastic and inelastic scattering on nuclei with optical model fitting.
James Rainwater
Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.
Robert Carlyle
Angular Translations
angular in Dutch is kantig
angular in French is anguleux
angular in German is winklig, eckig, winkelig
angular in Norwegian is vinkelformet
angular in Spanish is angular
angular in Swedish is kantig, vinkel-
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