annular
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
/ˈænjələ/
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/ˈænjələ/ · /ˈænjʊlə/ · /ˈænjəlɚ/ (US)
Definition of annular
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring: in the shape of an annulus.
“Near-synonyms: oval; round; toroid”
“annular fiber”
“If anybody snickers, put 'em in their place by reminding them that the annular wing is a very old aeronautical principle.”
“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[…]”
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adj
-
(not-comparable)Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring: in the shape of an annulus.
“Near-synonyms: oval; round; toroid”
“annular fiber”
“If anybody snickers, put 'em in their place by reminding them that the annular wing is a very old aeronautical principle.”
“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[…]”
- (not-comparable)Banded or marked with circles.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin ānulāris (“ring-shaped”); (possibly through French annulaire), from ānulus (“ring”).
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