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angulate

American  
[ang-gyuh-lit, -leyt] / ˈæŋ gyə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /
Also angulated

adjective

  1. of angular form; angled.

    angulate stems.


angulate British  

adjective

  1. having angles or an angular shape

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make or become angular

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • angulated adjective
  • angulately adverb
  • angulateness noun
  • subangulate adjective
  • subangulated adjective
  • subangulately adverb

Etymology

Origin of angulate

First recorded in 1785–95, angulate is from the Latin word angulātus having angles. See angle 1, -ate 1

Example Sentences

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest A tortoise cam on an angulate tortoise used for Attenborough’s epic overview of life on Earth.

From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2015

The zoœcia are tubular and have a terminal or subterminal orifice, which is angulate or subangulate as seen from above.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The last whorl is acutely angulate posteriorly, and the spire is tabulated, giving to the shell a peculiar truncate appearance.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall

The presence of exostosed dermal roofing bones, angulate prevomerine dentigerous processes, and the structure of the vocal sacs are characters which place the species in Osteocephalus.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.