Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of forming rings.
- noun A ringlike structure, segment, or part.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A circular or ring-like formation.
- noun The act of forming rings; the act of becoming a ring.
- noun The state of being annulate or annulated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The formation of a
ring - noun organic chemistry Any
reaction that forms a ring of atoms - noun Any structure in the form of a ring
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Examples
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La Serbie réagit à la déclaration du Kosovo La Serbie a rejeté la proclamation de l'indépendance du Kosovo et demandé son "annulation".
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Matt from The ONE Blog [es] pushes for the annulation of the obligatory vote:
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On the other hand, Terri, I think that Mark 7:17's status as a parenthetical comment, Matthew's apparent awareness that it was an editorial insertion into Mark see his parallel version, and most importantly the fact that there were debates about the issue in early Christianity all suggest that nothing Jesus had said obviously constituted an annulation of the kosher food laws.
Quote of the Day (Marilyn McEntyre) James F. McGrath 2009
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Matt from The ONE Blog [es] pushes for the annulation of the obligatory vote:
Peruvian Newspaper Questions Literacy of Indigenous Congresswoman 2009
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"The fund was instrumental in obtaining a pardon from the families of the victims in Benghazi, and for the annulation of the death sentence and later for the medics 'release," Pierini said Monday.
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General Sanni Abacha gave the warning as leaders of Nigeria's two political parties prepared to meet President Ibrahim Babangida to discuss the crisis sparked by the annulation of presidential elections last month.
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The distinguishing feature is the transverse annulation of the bell.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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Elle proscrit d'abord tous les moyens -- annulation ou confiscation -- par lesquels on chercherait à atteindre, dans leur existence, les droits nés avant la guerre.
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The two former of these, therefore, conform to the type of _S. pygerythrus_, but the fur of the upper parts is greyer and not so richly coloured as in it, but the annulation of the fur has the same character in both.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Upon the lateral and dorsal surfaces of the horns these rings are little elevated, and present a wavy rather than a ridgy appearance; but on the frontal surface the rings exhibit a succession of heavy, large ridges, with furrows between; the annulation is nowhere acutely edged.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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