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 Rectangular
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
adjective
- Having four right angles.
- usage: "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide"
- Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles.
- usage: "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"
- synonyms: orthogonal
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(a.) Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary