adjective
- Measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle.
- usage: "angular momentum"
- Having angles or an angular shape.
- synonyms: angulate
Angular and Divaricate
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
- (a.) Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
- (a.) Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.
- (a.) Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
verb
- Branch off.
- usage: "The road divaricates here"
- Spread apart.
- usage: "divaricate one's fingers"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
- (v.i.) To diverge; to be divaricate.
- (a.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree or as lines of sculpture or color markings on animals, etc.
- (v.i.) To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
- (v.t.) To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary