angular
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editangular (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- acutangular
- anangular
- angulaperturate
- angular acceleration
- angular artery
- angular cheilitis
- angular defect
- angular displacement
- angular distance
- angular frequency
- angular gyrus
- angular harp
- angularity
- angularize
- 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
- biangular
- decangular
- distoangular
- equangular
- equiangular
- heptangular
- hexangular
- inangular
- interangular
- mesioangular
- multiangular
- nonangular
- obtuse-angular
- octangular
- pentangular
- Planck angular frequency
- polyangular
- quinquangular
- right-angular
- septangular
- sexangular
- subangular
- supraangular
- surangular
- unangular
- uniangular
Translations
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Noun
editangular (plural angulars)
- (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin angulāris.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editangular m or f (masculine and feminine plural angulars)
Related terms
editFurther 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
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin angulāris.
Adjective
editangular m or f (plural angulares)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “angular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin angulāris (“angular”), from angulus (“corner; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos.
Pronunciation
edit
Adjective
editangular m or f (plural angulares)
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
edit
Verb
editangular (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
edit1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French angulaire, from Latin angularis.
Adjective
editangular m or n (feminine singular angulară, masculine plural angulari, feminine and neuter plural angulare)
Declension
editsingular | 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
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin angulāris.
Adjective
editangular m or f (masculine and feminine plural angulares)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editangular (first-person singular present angulo, first-person singular preterite angulé, past participle angulado)
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Conjugation
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “angular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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