3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.
Angular aperture, Angular distance. See Aperture, Distance. -- Angular motion, the motion of a body about a fixed point or fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the angle passed over at the point or axis by a line drawn to the body. -- Angular point, the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex. -- Angular velocity, the ratio of anuglar motion to the time employed in describing.
An"gu*lar, n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
An`gu*lar"i*ty (&?;), n. The quality or state of being angular; angularness.
An"gu*lar*ly (&?;), adv. In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners. B. Jonson.
An"gu*lar*ness, n. The quality of being angular.
{ An"gu*late (&?;), An"gu*la`ted (&?;), } a. [L. angulatus, p. p. of angulare to make angular.] Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.
An"gu*late (&?;), v. t. To make angular.
An`gu*la"tion (&?;), n. A making angular; angular formation. Huxley.
An"gu*lo-den"tate(&?;), a.. [L. angulus angle + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Bot.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.
An"gu*lom"e*ter (&?;), n. [L. angulus angle + -meter.] An instrument for measuring external angles.