angular
Syllables: an·gu·larUK/ˈæŋ.ɡju.lə//ˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/
angular adjective: relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
Adjective
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
- 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2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese, →ISBN, page 31
- Measured by an angle.
- angular distance
- Lean, lank.
- Ungraceful; lacking grace.
- Sharp and stiff in character.
- He's remarkably angular in his habits and appearance.
- She is an angular female.
- Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).
Noun
angular (plural angulars)
- A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
angular meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
angular in Hindi
- कोणीय
angular in Tamil
- கோண, கோண வடிவ, கோணத்துக்குரிய, கோணத்தின் உருவான, முடக்கான, கோணத்தை உட்கொண்ட
angular in Marathi
- कोनीय
angular in Urdu
- زاویہ دار, کونے دار, گوشہ دار
More languagesFewer languages
- angular in Bengali
- কোণবিশিষ্ট, কৌণিক, কৃশ, হাড় জিরজিরে
- angular in Telugu
- కోణీయ, కోణీయంగా, కోణీయము
- angular in Malayalam
- കോണുകളുള്ള, മുനയുള്ള, കൂർത്ത, മൂലകൂർത്ത
- angular in Kannada
- ಕೋನಯುತ, ಕೋಚಾದ, ಮೂಲೆಗಳುಳ್ಳ, ಎಲುಬಿನ ಹಂದರವಾದ
- angular in Punjabi
- ਐਂਗੁਲਰ, ਐਂਗੂਲਰ
- angular in Gujarati
- કોણીય, કોનીય
- angular in Odia
- କୌଣିକ, କୋଣୀଯ଼
- angular in Nepali
- कोणीय
- angular in Indonesian
- lancip, tampak tulang
Examples of angular in a sentence
- I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
- The longitudinal position of a ship refers to its angular distance east or west from the prime meridian.
- The 2nd, 5th, 8th and 11th houses in Astrology are the succedent houses, so called because they follow the angular houses.
Synonyms of angular
Forms of angular
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more angular |
| superlative | most angular |
| Noun | |
| plural | angulars |
Origin of angular
From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle.
Words formed from angular
- acutangular
- anangular
- angulaperturate
- angular acceleration
- angular aperture
- 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 resolution
- 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
- pentangular
- Planck angular frequency
- polyangular
- quinquangular
- right-angular
- supraangular
- surangular
- unangular
- uniangular
Phrases with angular
- angular gyri
- angular mils
- angular harps
- angular defects
- angular momenta
- angular apertures
- angular distances
- angular velocities
- angular frequencies
- angular resolutions
- angular accelerations
- angular unconformities
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Questions about angular
- What does angular mean?
- Angular means relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
- What is angular in Hindi?
- Angular in Hindi is कोणीय. See Angular meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is angular?
- Angular can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce angular?
- Angular is pronounced /ˈæŋ.ɡju.lə/ (UK).
Words near angular in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: angular (page history and authors); angular (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); angular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); angular (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); angular (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); angular (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); angular (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); angular (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); angular (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); angular (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); angular (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); angular (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); angular (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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