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ANGULARITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property possessed by a shape that has angles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("angularity" is a kind of...):
configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "angularity"):
oblongness; rectangularity (the property of being shaped like a rectangle)
triangularity (the property of being shaped like a triangle)
Antonym:
roundness (the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular)
Derivation:
angular (having angles or an angular shape)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A shape having one or more sharp angles
Synonyms:
angular shape; angularity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("angularity" is a kind of...):
form; shape (the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "angularity"):
forking; furcation (the place where something divides into branches)
jog (a sharp change in direction)
zag; zig; zigzag (an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions)
bend; crease; crimp; flexure; fold; plication (an angular or rounded shape made by folding)
Derivation:
angular (having angles or an angular shape)
