The magnetic field can be visualized as a pattern of circular field lines surrounding the wire.

A similar model is found in the Homeric account of the 8th century BCE in which " Okeanos, the personified body of water surrounding the circular surface of the Earth, is the begetter of all life and possibly of all gods.

In the Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts it is revealed the ancient Egyptians believed Nun ( the Ocean ) was a circular body surrounding nbwt ( a term meaning " dry lands " or " Islands ") and therefore believed in a similar Ancient Near Eastern circular earth cosmography surrounded by water.

For example, a single electron in an unexcited atom is pictured classically as a particle moving in a circular trajectory around the atomic nucleus, whereas in quantum mechanics it is described by a static, spherically symmetric wavefunction surrounding the nucleus ( Fig.

Underneath this, in order, are a thin layer of connective tissue, a layer of circular muscle, a layer of longitudinal muscle, and a peritoneum surrounding the body cavity.

This is represented by the circular or elliptical frame surrounding the Lord.

The fruit is a flat samara 2 cm long and 1. 5 cm broad, with a circular wing surrounding the single 4 – 5 mm seed.

Both its surrounding wall and the inner yard are circular, and so are the three minor towers and the donjon.

Their drawing to the right shows the plan of the original complex, which " included a large square enclosure surrounding four flat-topped pyramidal mounds, another smaller square, and a circular enclosure with a large burial mound at its center.

Along the way he subsequently ends up inventing several things that are considered Australian Icons in the real world, for example beer soup ( vegemite ), putting corks on a string round his hat to keep flies off ( a common Australian outback hat stereotype ), as well as becoming the subject of a ballad that is hinted at being a parody of the song " Waltzing Matilda " when he is caught apparently stealing a sheep by a billabong. A gigantic circular storm surrounding Fourecks prevents any ships from leaving, however.

It is house in a complex of modern architecture, which consists of two circular buildings surrounding a sculpture garden.

The large sandstone walls still bear convict markings, and the complex features six wings surrounding a circular chapel.

In anatomy, an areola () is any small circular area on the body coloured differently from the surrounding tissue.

The term is most commonly used to describe the pigmented area on the human breast around the nipple ( areola mammae ) but it can also be used to describe other small circular areas such as the inflamed region surrounding a pimple.

The windows on the ground floor are of a lozenge design, each having 12 small circular openings surrounding a central cruciform slit.

It consists of a 6-mile ( 10 km ) wide nearly circular barrier reef surrounding a shallow lagoon and several sand islets.

Probably the most crucial innovation of Barlow's design was that it had a circular cross-section ( unlike Brunel's, which was of rectangular cross-section ), which at once made it simpler in construction and better able to support the weight of the surrounding soil.

Another set went to the southeast where it crossed the Ohio River and continued to the Biggs Site, a complicated circular enclosure surrounding a conical mound.

Broadstrike errors are produced when the collar die ( The circular die surrounding the lower die ) malfunctions.

The circular rim has a discernible hexagonal form, with a terraced inner wall and a 30 km wide, sloping rampart that descends nearly a kilometer to the surrounding mare.

The word henge refers to a particular type of earthwork of the Neolithic period, typically consisting of a roughly circular or oval-shaped bank with an internal ditch surrounding a central flat area of 20 m or more diameter.

Take a physical star topology with an access point with many nodes surrounding it in a circular fashion: Each node is within communication range of the AP, but the nodes cannot communicate with each other, as they do not have a physical connection to each other.

The counties surrounding Marion are sometimes referred to as the " doughnut counties ," referring to the circular shape of the region, with Marion County as the hole in the center.

Fourth, in the meantime, it is necessary to remember that we have only begun to probe the environment immediately surrounding the earth.

Having concluded that everything in the world is composed of air, Anaximenes then used his theory to devise a scheme explaining the origins and nature of the earth as well as of the surrounding celestial bodies.

It is not really fire, for fire is an excess of heat and a sort of ebullition ; but in reality, of what we call air, the part surrounding the earth is moist and warm, because it contains both vapour and a dry exhalation from the earth.

According to Aristotle, the four elements rise or fall toward their natural place in concentric layers surrounding the center of the earth and form the terrestrial or sublunary spheres.

While the heavens were variously described as being like an umbrella covering the earth ( the Kai Tian theory ), or like a sphere surrounding it ( the Hun Tian theory ), or as being without substance while the heavenly bodies float freely ( the Hsüan yeh theory ), the earth was at all times flat, although perhaps bulging up slightly.

Kourouniotes ’ s excavations of the altar and surrounding area ( the temenos ) were particularly informative ; he learned that the altar consisted of a raised mound of blackened earth as described by Pausanias.

Additionally, since weather may have eroded the earth and rock surrounding it, the entrance to an old mine in particular can be very dangerous.

Commercial harvesting is typically done with large potato harvesters, which scoop up the plant and surrounding earth.

In the Oxford English Dictionary a mountain is defined as " a natural elevation of the earth surface rising more or less abruptly from the surrounding level and attaining an altitude which, relatively to the adjacent elevation, is impressive or notable.

Han-era astronomers adopted a geocentric model of the universe, theorizing that it was shaped like a sphere surrounding the earth in the center.

The concept of a precursor geosyncline or initial downward warping of the solid earth ( Hall, 1859 ) prompted James Dwight Dana ( 1873 ) to include the concept of compression in the theories surrounding mountain-building.

The people of Nanking fled in panic not only because of the dangers of the anticipated battle but also because they feared the deprivation inherent in the scorched earth strategy that the Chinese troops were implementing in the area surrounding the city.

The Celtic king, Belin, rebuilds an earth wall surrounding a few dozen huts and orders a small landing place to be cut into the south side of the wall, along the river front, where a wooden quay is built ( approximate date ).

The people of Nanking fled in panic not only because of the dangers of the anticipated battle but also because they feared the deprivation inherent in the scorched earth strategy that the Chinese troops had implemented in the area surrounding the city.

In earth sheltering, the thermal mass comes not only from the walls of the building, but from the surrounding earth that is in physical contact with the building.

The concentrated area of large gold mines surrounding the original Hannan find is often referred to as the Golden Mile, and is considered by some to be the richest square mile of earth on the planet.

His system held that earth was the heaviest element, with the strongest movement towards the center, thus water formed a layer surrounding the sphere of earth.

When Patrick approaches it he raises his crozier, the central figure falls face-down, with the imprint of the crozier left in it, and the surrounding figures sink into the earth.

Needing to provide storage for millions of books without building higher than the surrounding structures, he devised a construction going deep into the earth, behind two elevations no higher than those around them.