rotula

One rotula dating from 1122 is 28 feet long and 10 inches wide, covered with writing on both sides.

The Tyranny of E-mail John Freeman 2009

Good sardine productivity is linked with the presence of the diatom Melosira (Paralia) sulcata, and poor productivity with Thalassiosira rotula “invasions”.

Iberian Coastal large marine ecosystem 2008

Radulph says: "... figuram, cui sipos nomen est [symbol] in motum rotulae formatam nullius numeri significatione inscribi solere praediximus," and thereafter uses _rotula_.

The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902

But those pillars fold; and the rotula of the knee is a bone of a circular figure, which is placed on purpose on the joint, in order to fill it up, and preserve it, when the bones fold, for the bending of the knee.

The Existence of God Fran��ois de Salignac de la Mothe- F��nelon 1683

The word roll itself came from a diminutive Latin word rotula which in turn came from rota meaning "wheel."

OUPblog Charles Hodgson 2010

The conventional presses found in laboratories for geotechnical or concrete testing can be suitable for testing earth blocks, if the gauge allows for precise readings within a range from 0 to 100 kN; the speed of compression is variable; one of the plates has a rotula (to overcome problems of parallelism); and the press is designed to test specimens of sizes corresponding to the typical soil block dimensions (otherwise the blocks will have to be sawn, or smaller samples have to be made, which are unlikely to give representative results).

Chapter 4 1991

_rotula_ [F] of candles and an old earthen pot, knocked out the bottom and fastened some candles around it.

Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane