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annular eclipse

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annular eclipse
an eclipse of the sun in which the moon does not cover the entire disc of the sun, so that a ring of sunlight surrounds the shadow of the moon

annular eclipse [′an·yə·lər i′klips]
(astronomy)
An eclipse in which a thin ring of the source of light appears around the obscuring body.


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The ring phase, called an annular eclipse, will last up to six minutes.
2)(IIJ-MC) conducted joint tests of high-quality video transfer using DV over IP technology, and in July 2005, the technology was used to provide live video of the Space Shuttle Discovery launch, and again in September for a live broadcast of the annular eclipse from Madrid, Spain.
 
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