The Collaborative International Dictionary
Angular \An"gu*lar\, a. [L. angularis, fr. angulus angle, corner. See Angle.]
Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
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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 point".
Outlined against that burning sky, he thought he could make out the shape of a tower, looming storey on turreted storey from the trees that crowded an angular point of land thrusting out into the ocean.
Valentine guessed the blade to be about twenty-two inches, single edged, with an angular point.
Again, notice in the case of the yacht (14) how, by leaving that little angular point at the top, a complete mast is suggested.
It was faceted like a crystal, tapering slightly towards one end before coming to a sharp angular point.