annular(s = adj.all) annulate, annulated, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed - shaped like a ring;
1. Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers. [1913 Webster]
2. Banded or marked with circles. [1913 Webster]
annular, adj. ring-shaped; forming a ring.
Idiom:
annular eclipse an eclipse of the sun in which the moon leaves a ring of sunlight visible round it.
Derivative:
annularly adv.
Etymology:
F annulaire or L annularis f. an(n)ulus ring
N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.