Literary notes about angular (AI summary)
The word “angular” has been employed in literature to evoke a range of vivid images and impressions. In character descriptions, it often conveys an appearance that is harsh, bony, or sharply defined, as exemplified by Chekhov’s portrayal of a woman growing “ugly, angular, and awkward” [1] or Guy de Maupassant’s depiction of an elderly, “tall, skinny, and angular” figure [2]. Beyond human features, “angular” is used to describe natural forms and technical phenomena: in geology, it denotes the rough, jagged shapes of boulders and rock fragments [3, 4, 5], while in scientific contexts it refers to precise measurements of rotation and velocity [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. The term also appears in botanical texts where it characterizes the shape of stems and leaves [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17], and even in discussions of typography and art, suggesting design elements that might render words “long and angular” [18, 19]. Ultimately, “angular” is a versatile descriptor that brings a tactile sharpness and a sense of unyielding structure to both animate and inanimate subjects across genres.
- And this life was making her grow old and coarse, making her ugly, angular, and awkward, as though she were made of lead.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - She was at least seventy years old, tall, skinny, and angular, and her white hair was puffed around her temples in the old-fashioned style.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - The boulders forming the moraine were so enormous and angular, that I had great difficulty in ascending it.
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - Agglom′erate, in geology, a collective name for masses consisting of angular fragments ejected Page 60 [60] from volcanoes.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - by which angular fragments of the older quartz before mentioned were cemented into a breccia.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells - Determination of the angular velocity, &c.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - 2. Motion of rotation about a fixed axis; relation of the velocities of different points to the angular velocity.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The angular acceleration is equal to the sum of the moments of the exterior forces divided by the moment of inertia about the axis of rotation.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Relation of the velocities of different points to their common angular velocity.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Acceleration of the Moon , the increase of the moon's mean angular velocity about the earth, the moon now moving rather faster than in ancient times.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - small plant with creeping stem taking root where it touches the ground, obscurely angular, covered with short down.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - Leaves heart-shaped, angular, obtuse, unequally serrate, smooth, soft, the lower surface hoary and bearing 9 well-marked nerves.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - Seed vessel ovate, 2-celled, in each cell 2 downy seeds convex on one side, angular on the other. Habitat.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - —The first variety, M. balsamina , more common than the second, is a vine with angular stem and simple tendrils.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - Seed vessel glabrous, horizontally dehiscent, containing 15 or more angular seeds joined to a common axis.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - Capsule expanded, oblong, angular, thickly set with prickles: it opens inferiorly by 5 valves. Cruciferæ.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - Seeds ovoid, angular, blackish, albuminous. Habitat.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - Be careful not to bring syllables into so much prominence as to make words seem long and angular.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - Again, notice in the case of the yacht (14) how, by leaving that little angular point at the top, a complete mast is suggested.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
