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subˈangular, a.
[ad. mod.L. subangulāris: see sub- 21 c and angular.]
Somewhat or slightly angular; having a blunt angle.
1777Pennant Brit. Zool. IV. 51 Ast[erias] with five rays depressed; broad at the base; sub-angular. 1849Dana Geol. App. i. (1850) 685 Mesial fold large and subangular. 1873Geikie Gt. Ice Age xvi. 202 Sprinkled with loose angular and subangular stones. 1894Geol. Mag. Oct. 434 Each tubercle gives rise to three..subangular ribs.
So subˈangled, -ˈangulate(d adjs.
1819G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 423 Geometra..strigilata. The subangled Wave. 1822J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 207 Turreted, with subangulated keels. Ibid. 210 Whirls round, but subangulate. |