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кольцо — meaning in English

koltso

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English meaning

  • annulus noun A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
  • coil noun Something wound into a spiral or helix shape.
  • doughnut noun A small, sweet, deep-fried piece of dough, usually ring-shaped or filled with jam or cream.
  • ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
  • roundabout noun A road junction where traffic circles around a central island instead of stopping at lights.

Senses

кольцо is used for these senses in English:

  • annulus A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
  • coil Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
  • doughnut (Australia, North America) A peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle; a 360-degree skid.
  • finger ring A ring (often ornamental and/or precious) designed to be worn on a finger.
  • ring (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
  • ring A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
  • ring (jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
  • ring (analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.

annulus — full definition

  1. noun A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
  2. 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.
  3. 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).
  4. 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.

coil — full definition

  1. noun Something wound into a spiral or helix shape.
  2. verb To wind something into rings or loops.
  3. noun A T-shaped or hormonal intrauterine device used for contraception.

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