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Definition of Annular eclipse
1. Noun. Only a thin outer disk of the sun can be seen.
Definition of Annular eclipse
1. Noun. (astronomy) a solar eclipse in which the thin outer disk of the sun can be seen as a ring around the moon ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Annular Eclipse
Literary usage of Annular eclipse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Embracing the General by William Chauvenet (1874)
"CURVE OF CENTRAL AND TOTAL ECLIPSE Northern and Southern Limits of Total or
annular eclipse. 320. To find the. northern and southern limits of total or ..."
2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1872)
"... as thus exhibited in the case of annular and nearly annular eclipses, is fully
confirmed by the observations of the annular eclipse of May 23, 1867, ..."
3. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"annular eclipse.—16. Total eclipse.—17. Greatest possible duration of a total
eclipse.—18. Condition of annular eclipses.—19. Greatest possible duration of ..."
4. Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America in 1796 & 1797 by Francis Baily, John Frederick William Herschel, Augustus De Morgan (1856)
"To this he looked forward, indeed, with a curiosity peculiarly intense; having,
on the occasion of the annular eclipse of May 15, 1836, which he travelled ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1848)
"The following directions and suggestions, relative to the ensuing annular eclipse
of the sun, which will take place Oct. 9, 1847, are proposed for the ..."
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