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Annulus   Listen
noun
Annulus  n.  (pl. annuli)  
1.
A ring; a ringlike part or space.
2.
(Geom.)
(a)
A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other.
(b)
The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.
3.
(Zool.) Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals.






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"Annulus" Quotes from Famous Books



... for the female pudenda are brought together by Schurig—cunnus, hortus, concha, navis, fovea, larva, canis, annulus, focus, cymba, antrum, delta, myrtus, etc.—and he discusses many of them. (Muliebria, Section I, ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

... which the vulgar call julyflower, as if derived from the month July; petroselinum, parsley; portulaca, purslain; cydonium, quince; cydoniatum, quiddeny; persicum, peach; eruca, eruke, which they corrupt to earwig, as if it took its name from the ear; annulus geminus, a gimmal, or gimbal-ring; and thus the word gimbal or jumbal is transferred to other things thus interwoven; quelques choses, kickshaws. Since the origin of these, and many others, however forced, is evident, it ought to appear no wonder to any one if ...
— A Grammar of the English Tongue • Samuel Johnson

... pressure superior to the force of gravitation. These arrangements are indicated roughly in Fig. 2. In B^1, D is a hollow cylinder closed at all points except at the cock G and the hole E, which are always below the level of the water in the annulus F, the latter being open to the air at its top. D is rigidly fastened to the outer vessel F so that it cannot move vertically, and the carbide cage is rigidly fastened to D. Normally the water-levels are at l, ...
— Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use • F. H. Leeds and W. J. Atkinson Butterfield



Words linked to "Annulus" :   fairy ring, anchor ring, ring, kingdom Fungi, toroid, partial veil, plant structure, Fungi, halo, fungus kingdom, skirt, doughnut, fairy circle, plant part



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