annular

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UK/ˈænjələ/UK/ˈænjʊlə/US/ˈænjəlɚ/

adjective

Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring: in the shape of an annulus.

“annular fiber”

Similar
circularring-shapedO-shapedovalroundtoroidannulateannulated
OriginLatin ānulāris ← French annulaire →
Less commonScrabble 7
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Meanings

adjectiveannular (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to, or having the form of, a ring: in the shape of an annulus.

    annular fiber

    3 more examples

    Near-synonyms: oval; round; toroid

    If anybody snickers, put 'em in their place by reminding them that the annular wing is a very old aeronautical principle.

    1963 April, Roy L. Clough, Jr., “Hoopskirt: The old "flying barrel" turns in a top performance in this up-to-date-model”, in Popular Mechanics, page 155

    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[…]

    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

    Synonyms: circular, ring-shaped, O-shaped, oval, round, toroid

  2. not comparableBanded or marked with circles.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePertaining to, or having the form of, a ring: in the shape of an annulus.

Similar
circularring-shapedO-shapedovalroundtoroid

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveshaped like a ring

Similar
annulateannulatedcircinateringedring-shapeddoughnut-shapedrounded
Also see
annulateannulatedcircinatecircularo-shapedringedring-shapedrounded

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchannulaire
  2. Latinānulāris“ring-shaped”
  3. Englishannular

From Latin ānulāris (“ring-shaped”); (possibly through French annulaire), from ānulus (“ring”).

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Translations

Bengali বলয়াকার, অঙ্গুরিসদৃশ
  • বলয়াকার (bolẏakar)having the form of a ring
  • অঙ্গুরিসদৃশ (oṅguriśodriś)having the form of a ring
Bulgarian пръстеновиден
  • пръстеновиден (prăstenoviden)having the form of a ring
Catalan anular
  • anularhaving the form of a ring
Finnish rengasmainen
  • rengasmainenhaving the form of a ring
French annulaire
  • annulairehaving the form of a ring
German ringförmig, kranzförmig
  • ringförmighaving the form of a ring
  • kranzförmighaving the form of a ring
Greek δακτυλιοειδής
  • δακτυλιοειδής (daktylioeidís)having the form of a ring
Hindi वलयाकार
  • वलयाकार (valyākār)having the form of a ring
Icelandic hringlaga
  • hringlagahaving the form of a ring
Irish fáinneach, annalach
  • fáinneachhaving the form of a ring
  • annalachhaving the form of a ring
Latin ānulāris
  • ānulārishaving the form of a ring
Persian حلقوی
  • حلقوی (halqavi)having the form of a ring
Portuguese anular, anelar
  • anularhaving the form of a ring
  • anelarhaving the form of a ring
Russian кольцево́й, кольцеобра́зный
  • кольцево́й (kolʹcevój)having the form of a ring
  • кольцеобра́зный (kolʹceobráznyj)having the form of a ring
  • кольцеви́дный (kolʹcevídnyj)having the form of a ring
Spanish anular, anuloso
  • anularhaving the form of a ring
  • anulosohaving the form of a ring
Swedish ringformig
  • ringformighaving the form of a ring
Tagalog gasingsing
  • gasingsinghaving the form of a ring
Turkish halkamsı, halkasal
  • halkamsıhaving the form of a ring
  • halkasalhaving the form of a ring

Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

annueller (some pronunciations)
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