Definition of "angular" in English

adjective

1. Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.

2. Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.

3. Sharp-cornered; pointed.

   • an angular figure

4. Measured by an angle.

   • angular distance

5. Lean, lank.

6. Ungraceful; lacking grace.

7. (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.

   • He's remarkably angular in his habits and appearance.
   • She is an angular female.

8. (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).

noun

1. (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.