annular

annular

English

WOTD – 26 May 2007

Etymology

From Latin ānulāris (“ring-shaped”); (possibly through French annulaire), from ānulus (“ring”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈænjələ/, /ˈænjʊlə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈænjəlɚ/

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Adjective

annular (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; ring-shaped; in the shape of an annulus.

   annular fiber

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 6:

     The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings […] ; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […]

2. Banded or marked with circles.

Synonyms

• ring-shaped

Derived terms

• annular eclipse
• penannular
• semiannular

Translations

having the form of a ring

Bengali: বলয়াকার (bôlyakar), অঙ্গুরিসদৃশ (ôṅgurisdriś) Bulgarian: пръстеновиден (prǎstenoviden) Catalan: anular (ca) Finnish: rengasmainen French: annulaire (fr) German: ringförmig (de), kranzförmig (de) Greek: δακτυλιοειδής (el) (daktylioeidís) Icelandic: hringlaga

Irish: fáinneach, annalach Latin: ānulāris Persian: حلقوی‎ (fa) (halghavi) Portuguese: anular (pt) Russian: кольцево́й (ru) (kolʹcevój), кольцеобра́зный (ru) (kolʹceobráznyj), кольцеви́дный (ru) (kolʹcevídnyj) Spanish: anular (es) Swedish: ringformig (sv)

See also

• annual

References

• annular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.