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单词 annulus
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annulusn.

/ˈænjʊləs/
Forms: Pl. -i.
Etymology: Latin, erroneous mediæval spelling of ānulus a ring, dim. of rare ānus a rounding, a circular form (see Lewis and Short).
1. A ring, or ring-like body (in various technical applications).
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > annular quality > ring
ringeOE
circlec1305
cerceaus1340
hoop1530
hoop-ring1545
annulus1563
ringleta1616
annule1681
zone1752
1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Ci, Thre of them ye shal geue to Echinus..the fourth part geue to Annulus.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xii. 223 These Rings have a curious Apparatus of Muscles, enabling those Creatures..to dilate, extend, or contract their Annuli.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. x. 30 By the..return of the two ends of the strings through the annulus or noose made by the second implication of them.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View Nature II There is a prodigious annulus encompassing Saturn.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xix. 143 An annulus of Arctic shrubs and trees.
2. Geom. ‘The name of a ring, or solid formed by the revolution of a circle about a straight line exterior to its circumference as an axis, and in the plane of the said circle.’ Penny Cycl. 1834.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > three-dimensional > solid of revolution > formed from curve > torus
anchor ring1783
annulus1802
tore1867
torus1870
1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 508 If..the ring is a solid annulus..it may be so constituted that the attraction of Saturn..may produce a force perpendicular to its surface.
3. Bot.
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a. In ferns: The ring of cells which partially surrounds the sporangia.
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b. In mosses: The elastic external ring of epidermal cells with which the brim of the sporangium is furnished.
c. In fungi: Sometimes applied to the portion of the veil, which remains like a collar round the stalk.
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the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > parts of > cells and tissue
chive1721
spawn1731
mushroom spawn1753
volva1753
ring1777
veil1777
curtain1796
wrapper1796
fungin1813
subiculum1821
cortina1832
velum1832
mycelium1836
uterus1836
gleba1847
hypostroma1855
sulcus1856
rhizopod1859
tigellule1860
trichophore1860
hypha1866
hypothecium1866
rhizopodium1866
annulus1871
capillitium1871
acervulus1872
weft1875
capsule1883
clamp-connection1887
periphysis1887
chain gemma1893
trumpet hypha1900
metula1915
monokaryon1935
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 313 The resemblance between the midrib of one of these scales and the annulus of a Polypodium.
1863 M. J. Berkeley Brit. Mosses 311 Annulus, a little ring, which is often elastic, at the rim of the mouth of the sporangium.
1871 M. C. Cooke Fungi (1874) 19 The collar adherent to the stem falls back, and thenceforth is known as the annulus or ring.
4. Astron. A ring of light, as in an annular eclipse.
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the world > the universe > sun > sunlight > [noun] > eclipse > aureole
aureole1858
annulus1871
aureola1871
1871 tr. H. Schellen Spectrum Anal. §54. 256 Forming an annulus around the moon of about 8′ in diameter.

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Anat. A ring of dense fibrous tissue surrounding each of the valvular orifices of the heart, forming a point of attachment for the valve leaflets and for myocardial fibres. Also called annulus fibrosus.
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1923 Heart 10 22 We have been unable to find a description of the annulus and its limits, sufficient for our purposes.
1971 Ann. Thoracic Surg. 11 336 (title) Unusual complications during mitral valve replacement in the presence of calcification of the annulus.
2005 Ann. Thoracic Surg. 79 1662 At follow-up, there was no evidence of [pulmonary] valve failure or tissue growth within the valve annulus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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