Angular

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}]
    

Angular \An"gu*lar\, n. (Anat.)
   A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles,
   and fishes.
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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.
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   2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
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   3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff
      in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and
      appearance; an angular female.
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   {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.
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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