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annularity

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an⋅nu⋅lar

  [an-yuh-ler]
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–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 -ar 1

Related forms:
an⋅nu⋅lar⋅i⋅ty, noun
an⋅nu⋅lar⋅ly, adverb
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an·nu·lar   (ān'yə-lər)   
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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: an·nu·lar
Pronunciation: 'an-y&-l&r
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or forming a ring annulardiaphragm of a microscope>
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Medical Dictionary

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

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