ANNULATE

ANNULAR  , &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 .