polyangularadj.

1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 192 He likewise conceives the Head of a Comet to consist of divers minute Bodies Homogenial, partly Polyangular, partly Spherical.

1784 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. 117 Brazil rubies are paler, and said to be found in hexangular or polyangular crystals.

1797 Monthly Mag. 3 221 These hollow spandrils may be cylindrical, triangular, quadrangular, or polyangular.

1833 Pearl & Lit. Gaz. 23 Nov. 63/2 He darted from his chair to a polyangular fragment of looking glass.

1867 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 157 156 Small round nuclei of nearly uniform size, together with a few nucleated cells of either an oval or a poly-angular shape.

1934 H. A. Wallace Amer. must Choose 28 It is easy for foreign trade experts to talk about triangular and polyangular trade and thus avoid the necessity of forming clear-cut trade deals with a given country.

1992 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89 596/1 Some cells were elongated or polyangular but most cells were round.