(a.) Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
(a.) Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.
(n.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
Example Sentences:
(1) The angular distribution of the scattered light was obtained as a function of time and compared with the rates at which hydrolysis products were formed.
(2) Proper maintenance of body orientation was defined to be achieved if the net angular displacement of the head-and-trunk segment was zero during the flight phase of the long jump.
(3) The angular distribution of the scattered acoustic field from an inosonifying source will directly relate to the distribution of surface fibrillatory changes.
(4) The kainate and quisqualate types of excitatory amino acid receptor were visualized autoradiographically in brain sections from rats kindled by stimulating the angular bundle.
(5) To meet these prerequisites we have introduced some technical refinements: (1) computer-controlled rectilinear translations of the target in combination with different angular positions of the source and (2) computer-controlled rotations of the target around a vertical axis in combination with different angular positions of the source.
(6) The purposes of this study were to detect eventual late complications and to compare late results with postoperative angular curve correction.
(7) In severely impaired limbs, there was a marked shift in both the peak EMG angle and the angular domain of EMG activity for both biceps and triceps muscle groups, away from the normal elbow flexion-extension axis towards external humeral rotation and shoulder girdle elevation.
(8) Neither the sufferers and their spouses, nor the 20 couples who constituted the control group, showed any relationship between partners with respect to angular displacement.
(9) When a meridional-size lens is used to provide magnification in the horizonal meridan for one eye the resulting stereopsis distortion is readily accounted for in the terms of the binocular disparity caused by changed angular relations.
(10) The significant difference found in calculating the angular mandibular opening may be the result of difficulties in maintaining maximum passive opening.
(11) In keeping with current theories of training, gains were largest with prolonged, high intensity activity at angular velocities approximating those adopted during training.
(12) A new device for the intraoperative anterior correction of angular kyphoses is presented.
(13) 15 linear and angular measurements were performed on 80 lateral cephalometric films of 40 subjects.
(14) Type II cells are angular or stellate and contain numerous secretory granules averaging 200-220 nm in diameter.
(15) These results are compared with experimental data on angular scattering from liver, muscle, and blood, reported in a companion paper [J. Acoust.
(16) The preliminary experiments described here suggest that tilt aftereffects and illusions induced by projected slides of tilted real-object scenes have angular functions similar to that induced by a line grating.
(17) Comparison of Experiments 1 and 2 showed that the presence of gravireceptor stimuli increased the range of detectable angular accelerations and reduced the time required for detection.
(18) There was some correlation between substituents on aromatic ring and angular position, and antiarrhythmic activity.
(19) Rat TSH cells were ovoid or angular to stellate, and contained granules ranging in size from 60-175 nm.
(20) Histograms of cell orientation angles were plotted and the mean and angular deviation of each sample were calculated.
Pointed
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Point
(a.) Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.
(a.) Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Single-case experimental designs are presented and discussed from several points of view: Historical antecedents, assessment of the dependent variable, internal and external validity and pre-experimental vs experimental single-case designs.
(2) Well tolerated from the clinical and laboratory points of view, it proved remarkably effective.
(3) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
(4) She knows you can’t force the opposition to submit to your point of view.
(5) The isoelectric points (pI) of E1 and E2 for all VEE strains studied were approx.
(6) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
(7) Fifty-two pairs of canine femora were tested to failure in four-point bending.
(8) A one point dilution enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure suitable for determining immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody levels to Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) in community seroepidemiological surveys is described.
(9) Subsequent isoelectric focusing in sucrose revealed an isoelectric point of 9.0-9.2.
(10) Gross deformity, point tenderness and decrease in supination and pronation movements of the forearm were the best predictors of bony injury.
(11) Whole-virus vaccines prepared by Merck Sharp and Dohme (West Point, Pa.) and Merrell-National Laboratories (Cincinnati, Ohio) and subunit vaccines prepared by Parke, Davis and Company (Detroit, Mich.) and Wyeth Laboratories (Philadelphia, Pa.) were given intramuscularly in concentrations of 800, 400, or 200 chick cell-agglutinating units per dose.
(12) A Monte Carlo simulation was performed to characterize the spatial and energy distribution of bremsstrahlung radiation from beta point sources important to radioimmunotherapy (RIT).
(13) From the social economic point of view nosocomial infections represent a very important cost factor, which could be reduced to great deal by activities for prevention of nosocomial infection.
(14) He said Germany was Russia’s most important economic partner, and pointed out that 35% of German gas originated in Russia.
(15) Many examples are given to demonstrate the applications of these programs, and special emphasis has been laid on the problem of treating a point in tissue with different doses per fraction on alternate treatment days.
(16) In 11 of the 22 cells PAI-1 mRNA and in 6 of the 22 cells PAI-2 mRNA was found, pointing to a possible role of plasminogen activator inhibitors in the tumor-related plasminogen activator activity.
(17) Sequence specific binding of protein extracts from 13 different yeast species to three oligonucleotide probes and two points mutants derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA binding proteins were tested using mobility shift assays.
(18) Recent studies point to the involvement of regulatory peptides in diseases of the gut and lung.
(19) The positive predictive accuracy of a biophysical profile score of 0, with mortality and morbidity used as end points, was 100%.
(20) The starting point is the idea that the current system, because it works against biodiversity but fails to increase productivity, is broken.