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an·nu·lar       [an-yuh-ler] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.having the form of a ring.
2.(of a carpenter's nail) having a series of concentric grooves to improve holding power.

[Origin: 1565–75; < L annulāris, equiv. to annul(us) ring (var. of ānulus) + -āris -ar1]

an·nu·lar·i·ty, noun
an·nu·lar·ly, adverb
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an·nu·lar       (ān'yə-lər)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Shaped like or forming a ring.


[Latin ānulāris, from ānulus, ring; see annulus.]

an'nu·lar'i·ty (-lār'ĭ-tē) n., an'nu·lar·ly adv.
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annular 
"ring-shaped," 1571, from L. annularis, from annulus, dim. of anus "ring" (see anus). An annular eclipse (1727) is one in which the dark body of the moon is smaller than the disk of the sun, so that at the height of it the sun appears as a ring of light.

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annular

adjective
shaped like a ring 

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annular       (ān'yə-lər)  Pronunciation Key 
Forming or shaped like a ring.

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annular an·nu·lar (ān'yə-lər)
adj.
Shaped like or forming a ring.

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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.

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