Hypertext Webster Gateway: "annular"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Annular \An"nu*lar\, a. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
annular
adj : shaped like a ring [syn: {annulate}, {annulated}, {circinate},
{circular}, {ringed}, {ring-shaped}]
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