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See also:ANSA (from See also:Lat. ansa, a handle) , in See also:astronomy, one of the apparent ends of the rings of See also:Saturn as seen in See also:perspective from the See also:earth: so-called because, in the earlier telescopes, they looked like handles projecting from the See also:planet . In See also:anatomy the word is applied to See also:nervous structures which resemble loops . In See also:archaeology it is used for the engraved and ornamented handle of a See also:vase, which has often survived when the vase itself, being less durable, has disappeared . |
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