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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



... in token of friendship? And were the clasped hands (now the common symbol of Benefit Clubs) ever used as a signet, prior to their adoption as such by the early Christians in their wedding rings; or, did these rings {119} bear any other motto, or posy, than "Fides annulus castus" (i. e. ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 • Various
... 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 the ancients have thus ...
— A Grammar of the English Tongue • Samuel Johnson


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