单词 | angulosity |
释义 | angulosityn. Now rare. The quality of having angles or corners; angular form or character; = angularity n. (in various senses). Also as a count noun: an angular projection, a sharp corner. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] angularity1642 angulosity1659 angulization1665 angularness1670 angulationa1687 edginess1822 quaining1871 1659 H. More Immortality of Soul iii. i. 335 Considering the brushiness and angulosity of the parts of the Air, a more then ordinary Motion or compressive Rest may very well prove painful to the Soul. a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) iv. iii. 203 There never was any Material or Sensible straight Line, Triangle, Circle..that was Mathematically exact, but even Sense it self, at least by the Help of Microscopes, might plainly discover much..Angulosity, Irregularity and Deformity in them. 1690 E. Warren Geologia (new ed.) ii. 52 The Particles of the Second Element had their angulosities worn off, and so grew less. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Angulosity, angularity; cornered form. 1847 Paxton's Mag. Bot. 13 243 Peduncles unifloral, with numerous angulosities. 1889 T. Wright Chalice of Carden xliv. 313 It is doubtful whether her acerbity and general angulosity diminished as she advanced in years. 1892 Echo 29 Jan. 1/6 He has..something of the angulosity of the ascetic, but not the pallor. 1958 Jrnl. Paleontol. 32 1099/1 A less marked angulosity of the valves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1659 |
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