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Annular

An′nu-lar

,
Adj.
[L.
annularis
, fr.
annulis
ring: cf. F.
annulaire
.]
1.
Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped;
as,
annular
fibers
.
2.
Banded or marked with circles.
Annular eclipse
(Astron.)
,
an eclipse of the sun in which the moon at the middle of the eclipse conceals the central part of the sun’s disk, leaving a complete ring of light around the border.

Webster 1828 Edition


Annular

AN'NULAR

,
Adj.
[L. annulus, a ring, from Celtic ain, a circle, and ul, young, small; annulus, a little circle.]
Having the form of a ring; pertaining to a ring.
Annular crystal is when a hexahedral prism has six, or an octahedral prism eight marginal faces, disposed in a ring about each base; or when these prisms are truncated on all their terminal edges.

Definition 2024


annular

annular

English

Adjective

annular (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers; in the shape of an annulus.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 6
      The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings [] ; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts []
  2. Banded or marked with circles.

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  • annular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913