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Ansa
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from Lat. ansa, a handle), in astronomy, one of the apparent ends of the rings of Saturn as seen in perspective from the earth: so-called because, in the earlier telescopes, they looked like handles projecting from the planet. In anatomy the word is applied to nervous structures which resemble loops. In archaeology it is used for the engraved and ornamented handle of a vase, which has often survived when the vase itself, being less durable, has disappeared.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ansa'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/ansa.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ansa'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/ansa.html. 1910.
