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.

An`nu*lar"i*ty (&?;), n. Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. J. Rogers.

An"nu*lar*ry, adv. In an annular manner.

An"nu*la*ry (&?;), a. [L. annularis. See Annular.] Having the form of a ring; annular. Ray.

||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.

An"nu*late (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Annulata.

{ An"nu*late, An"nu*la`ted (&?;) } a. [L. annulatus.] 1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.

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