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A ring; a ringlike part or space.
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A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other.
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The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.
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Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals.
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The donut-shaped space around the outside of the drill pipe in an open borehole. A cased well has two annular spaces: one between the drill pipe and the casing, the other between the casing and the borehole.
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Downhole space between drillstring or casing and borehole wall, or between production tubing and casing, or between surface casing and production tubing and casing.
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Free space between the existing pipe and any lining.
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n: the space around a pipe in a well bore, sometimes termed the annular space.
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In a rolling element bearing, the space between the inner and outer raceways
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This is the tough fibrous outer capsule of an intervertebral disc. In the healthy state it encloses and retains the nucleus.
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a two-dimensional shape which can be thought of as a disc with a smaller disc removed from its center
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(annulus fibrosis): tough fibrous outer wall of an intervertebral disc.
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