Annular
['ænjʊlə] or ['ænjəlɚ]
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.
(a.) Banded or marked with circles.
Checker: Raymond
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Ring-shaped.
Checker: Sondra
Definition
adj. ring-shaped.—adjs. An′nulate An′nulated formed or divided into rings.—ns. Annulā′tion a ring or belt: a circular formation; An′nulet a little ring: (archit.) a small flat fillet encircling a column &c. used either by itself or in connection with other mouldings: (her.) a little circle borne as a charge on coats of arms.—adj. An′nulose having rings: composed of rings.
Checker: Lola
Examples
- This annular space is increased at will by means of the lever L, which acts upon a screw whose office is to cause the pipe B and its attached parts to move backward or forward. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Acetylene gas is immediately generated and its pressure forces the level of the water down in the inner cylinder, causing it to rise in the annular space between said cylinder and the case. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The water that is drawn up introduces itself around the steam pipe and tends to make its exit through the annular space at the conical extremity of the latter steam pipe. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the case of Sa turn there was such regularity in the rings that the annular form was maintained; as a rule from the zones abandon ed by the planet-mass satellites resulted. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Checker: Lola