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välitila — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • annulus noun A shape or object like a ring, with an open space in the middle.
  • interregnum noun The time between one monarch's reign ending and the next one taking the throne.
  • limbo noun A state of being stuck between two situations, with no clear resolution or progress.

Senses

välitila is used for these senses in English:

  • annulus (botany) 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.
  • annulus (technology) In a well such as an oil well or water well: the space between a pipe or tube and any pipe, tube, casing, or sides of a hole surrounding it.
  • interregnum (by extension) An intermission in any order of succession; any breach of continuity in action or influence.
  • interstitium (medicine) An interstitial space within a tissue or organ.
  • limbo (Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately. [from 15th c.]

annulus — full definition

  1. noun A shape or object like a ring, with an open space in the middle.
  2. noun (anatomy) A ring of tough tissue, especially the one around a heart valve opening that its flaps and muscles attach to.
  3. noun A bright ring of light around a dark body in the sky, as seen for example when the Moon passes in front of the Sun but does not fully cover it.
  4. noun A part around a fern or moss spore case that shrinks and splits it open to release the spores.

interregnum — full definition

  1. noun The time between one monarch's reign ending and the next one taking the throne.
  2. noun A pause or gap in something that would normally carry straight on.
  3. noun The period between one minister leaving a church and a new one arriving.
  4. noun The time between one leader's term ending and the next one's beginning, when normal government is paused or only temporary.
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