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ANULUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anulus mean?
• ANULUS (noun)
The noun ANULUS has 1 sense:
1. a toroidal shape
Familiarity information: ANULUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A toroidal shape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
anchor ring; annulus; anulus; doughnut; halo; ring
Context examples:
a ring of ships in the harbor / a halo of smoke
Hypernyms ("anulus" is a kind of...):
toroid (the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anulus"):
fairy circle; fairy ring (a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium)
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