ANGULAR SHAPE collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
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meanings of angular and shape
angular
adjective
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/ˈæŋ.ɡjə.lər/us
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/ˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/
having or relating to one or ...
shape
noun
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/ʃeɪp/us
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/ʃeɪp/
the particular physical form or appearance ...
Examples of angular shape
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This presents a surface consisting of densely packed, immobile particles of angular shape, in the size range 100-200 pm.
The angular shape of the existing construction is made explicit by the arrangement of a single space on each floor.
To the east of this crater is an unusual geometric configuration in the surface with an angular shape.
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Steel grit characterizes grains with a predominantly angular shape.
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The radar observations revealed that it has a very strange, angular shape that looks different depending on the direction.
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The powder precursor of angular shape is 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 more angular shape.
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The angular shape came as a surprise to the press and the public, as did the out-of-sequence century-series designation.
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The angular shape of the rest of the skull is absent from the posterolateral section of the jaw.
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The angular shape of the fragments indicates that the material has not been transported far from its source.
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The name refers to their sharp-nosed angular shape, particular to the late seventies when they were designed.
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It was larger, had a more angular shape, and came with increased engine power.
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Jones' head is sharpened, giving her head and face an angular shape.
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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.
The aperture has an angular shape.
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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.
Oiticica experimented with angular shapes that escape the constraints of the rectangular picture frame, giving the works their own structure and body.
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).
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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