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angular

Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡju.lə/

The English word “angular” has 9 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
  2. Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
  3. Sharp-cornered; pointed.
  4. Measured by an angle.
  5. Lean, lank.
  6. Ungraceful; lacking grace.
  7. Sharp and stiff in character.
  8. Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).

noun

  1. A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Etymology

From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle.

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