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state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.

Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent. Boyle.

That which causes coagulation. Hixley.

Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatory effects. Boyle.

Having ten angles.

Having equal angles; equiangular. [R.] Johnson.

Having equal angles; as, an equiangular figure; a square is equiangular. Equiangular spiral. (Math.) See under Spiral, n. -- Mutually equiangular, applied to two figures, when every angle of the one has its equal among the angles of the other.

Not comprehended within a rule or rules. Jer. Taylor.

To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc. [R.]

Made of potter's clay; molded; shaped. [R.] Johnson.

Having seven angles.

Having six angles or corners.

Not angular. [Obs.]

Not coagulable.

Between ungulæ; as, interungular glands.

Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an…

One who is irregular. Baxter.

The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.

In an irregular manner.

To make irregular; to disorder. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.