annular

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: an=nu=lar

CIDE DICTIONARY

annular, a. [L. annularis, fr. annulis ring: cf. F. annulaire.].

•  Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.  [1913 Webster]
•  Banded or marked with circles.  [1913 Webster]

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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

annular, adj. ring-shaped; forming a ring.

Idiom

annular eclipse an eclipse of the sun in which the moon leaves a ring of sunlight visible round it.

Derivative

annularly adv.

Etymology

F annulaire or L annularis f. an(n)ulus ring

ROGET THESAURUS

annular

Circularity

N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.