annular eclipse

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

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annular eclipse

See eclipse.

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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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