annulation
Britishnoun
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the formation of rings
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a ringlike formation or part
Example Sentences
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Said Gálvez: “The Mexican government should act with firmness in defense of our compatriots and push for ... the annulation of this law, which attacks our brother and sister migrants.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
They also asked for an immediate annulation of the new diesel tax and a halt to new auto regulations.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2018
It is distinguished, he says, from the Indian G. Bennetti—first by colour, and secondly by the greater length and more strongly marked annulation of the horns of the female.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
The annulation of the external surface is due to numerous thickened areas of the ectocyst which take the form of slender rings surrounding the zoœcium; they are most conspicuous on its distal half.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
The absence of setae and the great secondary annulation render the mapping of the segments a subject of some difficulty.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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