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motion, so that the motion of the supporting body is not communicated to it. It is thus used particularly for the suspension of compasses or chronometers and lamps at See also:

sea, and usually consists of 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 freely moving on an See also:

AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis, within which the object swings on an axis at right angles to the ring. The word is derived from the O. Fr. gemel, from See also:

Lat. gemellus, diminutive of geminus, a twin, and appears also in gimmel or jimbel and as gemel, especially as a See also:

TERM

term for a ring formed of two hoops linked together and capable of separation, used in the 16th and 17th centuries as See also:

BETROTHAL (A.S. treowth, " truth ")

betrothal and keepsake rings. They sometimes were made of three or more hoops linked together.

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