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Synonyms for annular

Grammar : Adj
Spell : an-yuh-ler
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn yə lər

Définition of annular

Origin :
  • "ring-shaped," 1570s, from French annulaire (16c.) or directly from Latin annularis "pertaining to a ring," from annulus, diminutive 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. Related: Annularity.
  • adj round
Example sentences :
  • In 1748 Scotland was again favoured with a central eclipse, but it was only annular.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Eclipses » by George Chambers
  • Hind found that the eclipse was annular on the central line.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Eclipses » by George Chambers
  • In 1567 there was an annular eclipse visible at Rome on April 9.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Eclipses » by George Chambers
  • The angle of the anterior chamber is a true angle and not an annular sinus.
  • Extract from : « Glaucoma » by Various
  • One of the annular constrictions is constantly in the sagittal plane (separating the right and left halves of the shell).
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Finally, these annular creatures, obscure in their lives, isolate themselves.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean World: » by Louis Figuier
  • On each side of the ring-plane four pairs of large irregular, annular holes; the fourth (inferior or buccal) pair is the longest.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • There is yet another type of Anglo-Saxon brooch, annular in shape.
  • Extract from : « Jewellery » by H. Clifford Smith,
  • Eclipses of the sun are of three kinds—partial, annular, and total.
  • Extract from : « The Boy's Playbook of Science » by John Henry Pepper
  • The steps compose an annular vault, winding like a corkscrew.
  • Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

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