annular
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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)
- 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, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →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 […]
- Banded or marked with circles.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
having the form of a ring
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See also
References
- “annular”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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