angular
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
angular (comparative more angular, superlative most angular)
- Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
- Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
- Sharp-cornered; pointed.
- an angular figure
- 2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese[1], →ISBN, page 31:
- In overall appearance, katakana symbols are more angular in shape and hiragana are more rounded. Here are the first five sounds of each script (a, i, u, e, o). Compare these two sets of symbols and see if you can identify these features:
Hiragana あ い う え お
Katakana ア イ ウ エ オ
- Measured by an angle.
- angular distance
- Lean, lank.
- Ungraceful; lacking grace.
- (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.
- (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).
Derived terms edit
- angular acceleration
- angular artery
- angular cheilitis
- angular defect
- angular displacement
- angular distance
- angular frequency
- angular gyrus
- angular harp
- angularity
- angularly
- angular magnification
- angular mil
- angular momentum
- angular motion
- angularness
- angular-nodulose
- angular position
- angular stomatitis
- angular-tubercate
- angular unconformity
- angular unit
- angular vein
- angular velocity
- angular-winged katydid
- obtuse-angular
- Planck angular frequency
- right-angular
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Noun edit
angular (plural angulars)
- (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin angulāris.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
angular m or f (masculine and feminine plural angulars)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “angular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “angular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “angular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “angular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin angulāris.
Adjective edit
angular m or f (plural angulares)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “angular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin angulāris (“angular”), from angulus (“corner; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
angular m or f (plural angulares)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
angular (first-person singular present angulo, first-person singular preterite angulei, past participle angulado)
- to bend so it forms an angle
- Angulei meus joelhos. ― I bent my knees.
- Meus joelhos angulam. ― My knees are bent.
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French angulaire, from Latin angularis.
Adjective edit
angular m or n (feminine singular angulară, masculine plural angulari, feminine and neuter plural angulare)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | angular | angulară | angulari | angulare | ||
definite | angularul | angulara | angularii | angularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | angular | angulare | angulari | angulare | ||
definite | angularului | angularei | angularilor | angularelor |
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin angulāris.
Adjective edit
angular m or f (masculine and feminine plural angulares)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
angular (first-person singular present angulo, first-person singular preterite angulé, past participle angulado)
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Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “angular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014