angularity
Roget category 244
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#244.
Angularity
noun
angularity,
angularness† —
aduncity† —
angle,
cusp,
bend —
fold
etc.
258 —
notch
etc.
257 —
fork,
bifurcation.
elbow,
knee,
knuckle,
ankle,
groin,
crotch,
crutch,
crane,
fluke,
scythe,
sickle,
zigzag,
kimbo†,
akimbo.
corner,
nook,
recess,
niche,
oriel [Arch.],
coign†.
right angle
etc.
(perpendicular)
216.1,
212 —
obliquity
etc.
217 —
angle of 45 degrees,
miter —
acute angle,
obtuse angle,
salient angle,
reentering angle,
spherical angle.
angular measurement,
angular elevation,
angular distance,
angular velocity —
trigonometry,
goniometry —
altimetry† —
clinometer,
graphometer†,
goniometer —
theodolite —
sextant,
quadrant —
dichotomy.
triangle,
trigon†,
wedge —
rectangle,
square,
lozenge,
diamond —
rhomb,
rhombus —
quadrangle,
quadrilateral —
parallelogram —
quadrature —
polygon,
pentagon,
hexagon,
heptagon,
octagon,
oxygon†,
decagon.
pyramid,
cone.
Platonic bodies —
cube,
rhomboid —
tetrahedron,
pentahedron,
hexahedron,
octahedron,
dodecahedron,
icosahedron,
eicosahedron —
prism,
pyramid —
parallelopiped —
curb roof,
gambrel roof,
mansard roof.
verb
bend,
fork,
bifurcate,
crinkle.
adjective
angular,
bent,
crooked,
aduncous†,
uncinated†,
aquiline,
jagged,
serrated —
falciform†,
falcated† —
furcated†,
forked,
bifurcate,
zigzag —
furcular† —
hooked —
dovetailed —
knock kneed,
crinkled,
akimbo,
kimbo†,
geniculated† —
oblique
etc.
217.
fusiform [Micro.],
wedge-shaped,
cuneiform —
cuneate†,
multangular†,
oxygonal† —
triangular,
trigonal†,
trilateral —
quadrangular,
quadrilateral —
foursquare —
rectangular,
square,
multilateral —
polygonal
etc.
n. —
cubical,
rhomboid,
rhomboidal,
pyramidal.
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