angulating
Forming sharp bends
Angulating is bending or positioning something at an angle.
The term appears most often in medical and technical contexts—a surgeon angulating an instrument to reach tissue, a dentist angulating a drill, or an engineer angulating a joint for proper alignment.
She was carefully angulating the catheter to navigate the vessel.
Contracting muscles voluntarily
- curvingBending in arc
- archingBending in a curve
- twistingRotating with distortion
- foldingBending something over itself
bowing · crooking · contorting · bending · deflecting · inclining · canting · tilting
Angle-measuring instrument
- clinometerInstrument measuring slope angles
- inclinometerDevice measuring slope angles
- theodolitePrecision angle-measuring instrument
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
transit · level · plumb · calibrating · degrees · calculating · surveying · triangulating
Point where edges converge
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- obtuseLacking mental sharpness
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- bisectingDividing into two equal parts
degrees · radians · apex · corner · diagonal · hypotenuse · inclination · slope
Inserted medical drainage tube
- guidewireCatheter-steering filament
- endoscopeInternal examination instrument
- arthroscopeInstrument for viewing joints
- laparoscopeInternal surgical viewing instrument
stent · cannula · probe · insertion · maneuvering · navigating · positioning · vascular
flexing
Contracting muscles voluntarily
folding · bowing · crooking · contorting · bending · deflecting · inclining · canting · tilting · slanting
protractor
Angle-measuring instrument
- clinometerInstrument measuring slope angles
- inclinometerDevice measuring slope angles
- theodolitePrecision angle-measuring instrument
sextant · transit · level · plumb · calibrating · degrees · calculating · surveying · triangulating · sighting
vertex
Point where edges converge
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- obtuseLacking mental sharpness
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
bisecting · degrees · radians · apex · corner · diagonal · hypotenuse · inclination · slope · gradient
catheter
Inserted medical drainage tube
- guidewireCatheter-steering filament
- endoscopeInternal examination instrument
- arthroscopeInstrument for viewing joints
laparoscope · stent · cannula · probe · insertion · maneuvering · navigating · positioning · vascular · orthopedic
angulatingstraightening
Making something not crooked
flattening · smoothing · leveling · extending · unbending