Search Details

Word: annular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...April 7 there will be an annular eclipse of the sun. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon's image, though centred against the sun's disk, is too small to cover it entirely, leaving a ring of bright light around the edge. The images of the sun and moon are nearly the same size in the sky, but the distance of both bodies from earth varies slightly, and the size of their apparent disks varies accordingly. April's annular eclipse begins in the Pacific, crosses the southern U.S. -darkening Austin, Houston, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Pensacola...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Eclipses of 1940 | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

...Cabalist does knot like to appear premature in its statesments, but it seems quite safe to announce that the annular boat raee with Yale rowed on the 2nd of July, resulted in a victory for the blew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAMPREY AND THE IBEX. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

First | Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | | Last