Annular meaning

ănyə-lər
Of, like, or forming a ring.
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Forming or shaped like a ring.
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Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers; in the shape of an annulus.
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Banded or marked with circles.
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Shaped like or forming a ring.
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Origin of annular

  • Latin ānulāris from ānulus ring annulus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin ānulāris (“ring-shaped”); (possibly through French annulaire), from ānulus (“ring”).

    From Wiktionary

Annular Sentence Examples

  • The amplitude of the phase is 1�1 magnitude; and the absence of any stationary interval at minimum proves the eclipse to be partial, not annular.

  • From 1848 to 1878 it was but with few interruptions employed for observations of nebulae (see Nebula); and many previously unknown features in these objects were revealed by it, especially the similarity of "annular" and "planetary" nebulae, and the remarkable "spiral" configuration prevailing in many of the brighter nebulae.

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