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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 78 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ANNULAR, ANNULATE

ANNULAR, ANNULATE , &c. (See also:

LAT

Lat. annulus, a See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring), ringed, " Annulate " is used in See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany and See also:

ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology in connexion with certain See also:

PLANTS

plants, See also:

WORMS

worms, &c. (see See also:

ANNELIDA

ANNELIDA), either marked with rings or composed of ring-like segments. The word "annulated" is also used in, See also:

HERALDRY

heraldry and See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture. An annulated See also:

CROSS

cross is one with the points ending in an "annulet" (an heraldic ring, supposed to be taken from a coat of See also:

MAIL

mail), while the annulet in architecture is a small See also:

FILLET (through Fr. filet, from the med. Lat. filettum, diminutive of filum, a thread)

fillet See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a See also:

COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column, which encircles the See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

PART

part of the Doric See also:

capital immediately above the See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck or See also:

TRACHELIUM (Gr. TpaXnXos, neck)

trachelium. The word "annulus" (for "ring") is itself used technically in See also:

GEOMETRY

geometry, See also:

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, &c., and the See also:

ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective " annular " corresponds, An annular space is that between an inner and See also:

OUTER

outer ring. The annular See also:

FINGER

finger is the ring finger. An annular See also:

ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

eclipse is an eclipse of the See also:

sun in which the visible part of the latter completely encircles the dark See also:

BODY

body of the See also:

moon; for this to happen, the centres of the sun and moon, and the point on the See also:

earth where. the observer is situated, must be collinear.

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