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multangular, a. (n.)|mʌlˈtæŋgjʊlə(r)|
[ad. mod.L. multangulāris: see multi- and angular. Cf. F. multangulaire.]
A. adj. Having many angles; many-angled; polygonal.
1679Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) xxxv. §21 Some [leaves] round; others long, Oval, Multangular, indented. 1683Phil. Trans. XIII. 238 A..Multangular-Tower at York. 1751R. Paltock P. Wilkins xxxix, Pikes—some headed with sharp-pointed stone, others with multangular stone. 1831Carlyle Misc., Taylor's Germ. Poetry (1840) III. 250 Grim boughs dishevelled in multangular complexity. 1875Blake Zool. 210 The body covered either with multangular scutes or with spines and rough scales.
B. n. rare. A polygon.
1766Complete Farmer 7 E 2 Regular multangulars take their names from their number of angles.
Hence mulˈtangularly adv., mulˈtangularness.
1701Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. iii. 14 Granates are Multangularly Round. 1727Bailey vol. II, Multangularness, the having many Angles. |