Annular
(An"nu*lar) 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.
Annularity
(An`nu*lar"i*ty) n. Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. J. Rogers.
Annularry
(An"nu*lar*ry), adv. In an annular manner.
Annulary
(An"nu*la*ry) a. [L. annularis. See Annular.] Having the form of a ring; annular. Ray.
Annulata
(||An`nu*la"ta) n. pl. [Neut. pl., fr. L. annulatus ringed.] (Zoöl.) A class of articulate animals,
nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches,
etc. See Annelida.
Annulate
(An"nu*late) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Annulata.
Annulate
(An"nu*late, An"nu*la`ted) a. [L. annulatus.]
1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.
2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annulata.
Annulation
(An`nu*la"tion) n. A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. Nicholson.
Annulet
(An"nu*let) n. [Dim. of annulus.]
1. A little ring. Tennyson.
2. (Arch.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used,
several times repeated, under the Doric capital.
3. (Her.) A little circle borne as a charge.
4. (Zoöl.) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.
Annullable
(An*nul"la*ble) a. That may be Annulled.
Annuller
(An*nul"ler) n. One who annuls. [R.]
Annulment
(An*nul"ment) n. [Cf. F. annulement.] The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
Annuloid
(An"nu*loid) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.
Annuloida
(||An`nu*loid"a) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. annulus ring + -oid.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Articulata,
including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms.
[Written also Annuloidea.]
Annulosa
(||An"nu*lo"sa) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata.
It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoölogists it is applied to the former only.
Annulosan
(An`nu*lo"san) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Annulosa.