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ANNULAR, ANNULATE

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 78 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ANC-APO
ANNULAR, ANNULATE , &c. (Lat. annulus, a ring), ringed, " Annulate " is used in botany and
zoology
  in connexion with certain
plants
 , worms, &c. (see ANNELIDA), either marked with rings or composed of ring-like segments. The word "annulated" is also used in, heraldry and architecture. An annulated
cross
  is one with the points ending in an "annulet" (an heraldic ring, supposed to be taken from a coat of
mail
 ), while the annulet in architecture is a small fillet round a column, which encircles the
lower
 
part
  of the Doric
capital
  immediately above the neck or trachelium. The word "annulus" (for "ring") is itself used technically in geometry, astronomy, &c., and the
adjective
  " annular " corresponds, An annular space is that between an inner and outer ring. The annular
finger
  is the ring
finger
 . An annular eclipse is an eclipse of the sun in which the visible
part
  of the latter completely encircles the dark
body
  of the moon; for this to happen, the centres of the sun and moon, and the point on the earth where. the observer is situated, must be collinear. Certain nebulae having the form of a ring are also called "annular."


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