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  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.
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     2. Banded or marked with circles.
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     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.
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  Eclipse \E*clipse"\ ([-e]*kl[i^]ps"), n. [F. ['e]clipse, L.
     eclipsis, fr. Gr. 'e`kleipsis, prop., a forsaking, failing,
     fr. 'eklei`pein to leave out, forsake; 'ek out + lei`pein to
     leave. See Ex-, and Loan.]
     1. (Astron.) An interception or obscuration of the light of
        the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention
        of some other body, either between it and the eye, or
        between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A
        lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the
        earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming
        between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed
        by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of
        a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the
        nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The
        eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus
        is called a transit of the planet.
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     Note: In ancient times, eclipses were, and among
           unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously
           regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of
           which occasional use is made in literature.
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                 That fatal and perfidious bark,
                 Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses
                 dark.                              --Milton.
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     2. The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light,
        brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.;
        obscuration; gloom; darkness.
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              All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a
              perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.  --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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              As in the soft and sweet eclipse,
              When soul meets soul on lovers' lips. --Shelley.
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     Annular eclipse. (Astron.) See under Annular.
  
     Cycle of eclipses. See under Cycle.
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  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.

  Eclipse \E*clipse"\, n. [F. ['e]clipse, L. eclipsis, fr. Gr. ?,
     prop., a forsaking, failing, fr. ? to leave out, forsake; ?
     out + ? to leave. See Ex-, and Loan.]
     1. (Astron.) An interception or obscuration of the light of
        the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention
        of some other body, either between it and the eye, or
        between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A
        lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the
        earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming
        between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed
        by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of
        a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the
        nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The
        eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus
        is called a transit of the planet.
  
     Note: In ancient times, eclipses were, and among
           unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously
           regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of
           which occasional use is made in literature.
  
                 That fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the
                 eclipse, and rigged with curses dark. --Milton.
  
     2. The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light,
        brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.;
        obscuration; gloom; darkness.
  
              All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a
              perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.  --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
  
              As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets
              soul on lovers' lips.                 --Shelley.
  
     Annular eclipse. (Astron.) See under Annular.
  
     Cycle of eclipses. See under Cycle.

  annular eclipse
       n : only a thin outer disk of the sun can be seen

  annular eclipse
     n.
     (lb en astronomy) a solar eclipse in which the thin outer disk of the
  sun can be seen as a ring around the moon

  annular eclipse
     n.
     (lb en astronomy) a solar eclipse in which the thin outer disk of the
  sun can be seen as a ring around the moon

  annular eclipse
     n.
     (lb en astronomy) a solar eclipse in which the thin outer disk of the
  sun can be seen as a ring around the moon

  annular eclipse
     n.
     (lb en astronomy) a solar eclipse in which the thin outer disk of the
  sun can be seen as a ring around the moon

  annular eclipse /ˈanjʊləɹ ɪklˈɪps/ 
  rengasmainen auringonpimennys
  type of solar eclipse

  annular eclipse /ˈanjʊləɹ ɪklˈɪps/ 
  金環日食, 金環食
  type of solar eclipse

     日环食