angular shape

collocation in English

meaningsofangularandshape

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angular
adjective
uk
/ˈæŋ.ɡjə.lər/us
/ˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/
having or relating to one or ...
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shape
noun
uk
/ʃeɪp/us
/ʃeɪp/
the particular physical form or appearance ...
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(Definition ofangularandshapefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This presents a surface consisting of densely packed, immobile particles ofangularshape, in the size range 100-200 pm.
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Theangularshapeof the existing construction is made explicit by the arrangement of a single space on each floor.
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To the east of this crater is an unusual geometric configuration in the surface with anangularshape.
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Steel grit characterizes grains with a predominantlyangularshape.
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The radar observations revealed that it has a very strange,angularshapethat looks different depending on the direction.
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The powder precursor ofangularshapeis introduced into induction plasma, and melted immediately in the high temperatures of plasma.
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The first dorsal fin has a rounded apex and is larger than the second dorsal fin, which has a moreangularshape.
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Theangularshapecame as a surprise to the press and the public, as did the out-of-sequence century-series designation.
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Theangularshapeof the rest of the skull is absent from the posterolateral section of the jaw.
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Theangularshapeof the fragments indicates that the material has not been transported far from its source.
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The name refers to their sharp-nosedangularshape, particular to the late seventies when they were designed.
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It was larger, had a moreangularshape, and came with increased engine power.
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Jones' head is sharpened, giving her head and face anangularshape.
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Their wide age spectrum and rounded and angular shapes favour, but do not prove, a sedimentary parentage for the source rock complex.
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The aperture has anangularshape.
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The less-deformed sandstones retain most of their sedimentary characteristics, such as clast outlines, that show mainly subangular to minor angular shapes.
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Oiticica experimented with angular shapes that escape the constraints of the rectangular picture frame, giving the works their own structure and body.
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The ducts were characterized by microtubules lining the periphery, and by the presence of large electron dense secretory vesicles, compressed into angular shapes (fig. 17, sv).
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Freezing damage caused the individual bacteria to have more angular shapes and the contents of the bacterial plasm to aggregate and form fibrous networks of material.
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