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Angular motion

Angular \An"gu*lar\, a. [L. angularis, fr. angulus angle, corner. See Angle.]

  1. Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.

  2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.

  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.

Usage examples of "angular motion".

We were short-crewed, with some damage to the nav computers, so I couldn't get a quick solution to a microjump that would have allowed the right angular motion.

We were short-crewed, with some damage to the nav computers, so I couldnt get a quick solution to a microjump that would have allowed the right angular motion.

With a jerry-rigged sextant and their wristwatches, they timed the angular motion of the setting Sun.

You will find it fires better, there is an angular motion to the recoil, if you hold it with the clip horizontal to the ground, like this, rather than the way you held it.