kehä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- annulus noun A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
- circle noun A perfectly round, flat shape where every point on the edge is the same distance from the centre.
- circular adj Shaped like or relating to a circle.
- circumference noun The distance all the way around the edge of a circle or round object.
- girdle noun A belt or band worn around the waist, especially one that supports stockings.
- halo noun A circle of light shown around the head of a holy figure in art.
- perimeter noun The total distance around the edge of a shape.
- race noun A contest to see who is fastest at reaching a goal.
- rim noun The outer edge of something round, like a cup, wheel, or basketball hoop.
- ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
Senses
kehä is used for these senses in English:
- annulus A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
- circular Referring back to itself, so as to prevent computation or comprehension; infinitely recursive.
- circumference (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
- covenstead (Wicca) A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location.
- girdle That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
- halo A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
- halo The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
- perianth (botany) The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
annulus — full definition
- noun A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
- noun A ring of fibrous tissue; specifically (cardiology), such a ring around an opening of a heart valve, to which the valve leaflets and muscle fibres of the atria and ventricles are attached; an annulus fibrosus cordis.
- noun A ring of light in a celestial body, especially when caused by an annular eclipse (for example, when the Sun and Moon are in line with the Earth, but the Moon does not completely cover the Sun's disc).
- noun A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.
circle — full definition
- noun A perfectly round, flat shape where every point on the edge is the same distance from the centre.
- noun A group of people connected by friendship, interest, or social standing.
- verb To move in a curved path around something, or to draw a ring around it.