ANNULAR, ANNULATE, ringed. "Annulate" is used in botany and zoology in connexion with certain plants, worms, etc. (see ANNELIDA). The word "annulated" is also used in heraldry and architecture. An annulated cross is one with the points ending in an "annulet" (an heraldic ring, supposed to be taken from a coat of mail), while the annulet in architecture is a small fillet round a column, which encircles the lower part of the Doric capital im mediately above the neck or trachelium. The word "annulus" is itself used technically in geometry, astronomy, etc., and the ad jective "annular" corresponds. An annular space is that between an inner and outer ring. The annular finger is the ring finger. Cer tain nebulae having the form of a ring are also called "annular" (see NEBULA). For annular eclipse see ECLIPSE.