An-ăŋ'gu-lar1, a.
(82), a. [Gr. ἀν priv. and Lat. angularis, angular.] Containing no angle. [Rare].
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Angular
Ăn'gu-lar2, a.
a. [Lat. angularis, from angulus, angle, corner. See ANGLE.] 1. Having an angle or angles; pointed; as, an angular figure.
- Consisting of an angle; forming an angle; as, an angular point.
- (Fig.) Sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance.
Angular motion, the motion of a body moving circularly about a fixed point, as of a planet or pendulum. Hutton.—Angular sections, that part of mathematics which treats of the division of angles into equal parts. Davies & Peck.—Angular velocity, the rate at which a body revolves around a fixed axis.