annular : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: annular	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for annular
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
annular adj shaped like a ring [syn: annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Annular \An"nular\, 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.