angularity
pronunciation
How to pronounce angularity in British English:
UK [ˌæŋgjʊ'lærɪtɪ]
How to pronounce angularity in American English:
US [ˌæŋɡjəˈlærɪti]
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- Noun:
- a shape having one or more sharp angles
- the property possessed by a shape that has angles
Word Origin
- angularity (n.)
- 1640s; see angular + -ity.
Example
- 1. Sometimes , I wished that my features did not bear an extraordinary , angelic angularity .
- 2. " Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts " ( ralph waldo emerson ) .
- 3. Materials , and to emphasize angularity with rectangular shapes and sharp points .
- 4. Were they perhaps influenced by the angularity of the nearby street sculpture , vertebrae , by henry moore ?