Ring
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Template:Root From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Der, extended nasalized form of Template:M. Template:Doublet, as well as indirectly Template:Dbt.
Noun
- Template:Lb A solid object in the shape of a circle.
- Template:SenseidA circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
- Template:SenseidTemplate:Lb A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
- Template:Lb A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
- Template:Lb A burner on a kitchen stove.
- In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
- Template:Lb An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
- Template:Lb A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
- Template:Lb A group of objects arranged in a circle.
- A circular group of people or objects.
- Template:Lb A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
- Template:Lb A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Template:W.
- A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
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- A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
- The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
- Template:Senseid An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices. Template:C
- Template:Lb A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
- Template:Lb A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- Template:Lb A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
- Template:Lb An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
- Template:Lb A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
- Template:Lb Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
- Template:Lb The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
- Template:Lb A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.
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Related terms
Descendants
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Translations
Gallery
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A boxing ring.
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A ring on a finger.
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The rings of a tree.
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The circus ring.
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A ring on a bird's leg.
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The rings of Saturn.
Verb
- Template:Lb To enclose or surround.
- Template:Lb To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
- Template:Lb To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
- Template:Lb To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
- Template:Lb To rise in the air spirally.
- Template:Lb To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
- A. Woodley, Trio: 3 short stories
- Gabe said that as Derry had only caught part of the conversation, it's possible that they were discussing a film, it was bad enough that they'd unwittingly been brought into ringing cars, adding drugs into it was far more than either of them could ever be comfortable with.
- 2019 (10 December), Ross McCarthy, Digbeth chop shop gang jailed over £2m stolen car racket (in Birmingham Live) [1]
- They used two bases in Digbeth to break down luxury motors, some of which were carjacked or stolen after keys were taken in house raids. The parts were then fitted to salvaged cars bought online. Template:... Jailing the quartet, a judge at Birmingham Crown Court said it was a "car ringing on a commercial and substantial scale".
- A. Woodley, Trio: 3 short stories
- Template:Lb To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence Template:I, to work as a drover, to muster cattle.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Template:Der, from Template:Der, from Template:Der. Cognate with Template:Cog, Template:Cog. Of imitative origin.
Noun
- The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
- Template:Lb A pleasant or correct sound.
- Template:Lb A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
- Template:Lb A telephone call.
- Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
- Template:Lb Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
- Template:Lb To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
- Template:Lb To produce (a sound) by ringing.
- Template:Lb To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
- Template:Lb Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
- Template:Lb To telephone (someone).
- Template:Lb to resound, reverberate, echo.
- Template:Lb To produce music with bells.
- To ring up Template:Gloss
- Template:Lb To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
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Etymology 3
From a shortening of Template:Der (coined by German mathematician Template:W in 1892).[1] Apparently first used in English in 1930, Template:W, “Rings whose elements are ideals,” Template:W.[2]

Noun
- Template:Lb An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
- Template:Lb An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
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Etymology 4
Template:Rfe Template:Wikipedia
Noun
- Template:Lb A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.[3]
- Template:Lb A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection.
Hyponyms
- Template:L (of sets)
- Template:L
Translations
References
- ↑ 1962, Harvey Cohn, A Second Course in Number Theory, Wiley, 1980, Advanced Number Theory, Dover, Unabridged republication, page 49.
- ↑ Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (R)
- ↑ Template:Cite-book
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh.
Pronunciation
Noun
- Template:L, hollow circular object
Atong (India)
Etymology
Noun
References
Balinese
Romanization
Cimbrian
Adjective
References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
Declension
Further reading
Danish
Etymology 1
From Template:Der, from Template:Der.
Pronunciation
Noun
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verbal noun to Template:M.
Pronunciation
Noun
Inflection
Etymology 3
See Template:L.
Pronunciation
Verb
Dutch
Etymology
From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh.
Pronunciation
Noun
- Template:L, hollow circular object
- Template:Lb Template:L
- beltway, ring road
- (Mormonism) stake (territorial division)
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Estonian
Etymology
From Template:Der. Compare Template:Cog. See also Template:M.
Noun
Declension
See also
French
Etymology
From Template:Der (sense 1) and Template:Der (sense 2).
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Garo
Noun
German
Pronunciation
Verb
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + Template:Af.[1] Template:Cln
Verb
- Template:Lb to swing, to rock
- Template:Lb to sway, to roll
Conjugation
Template:Hu-conj-ok or Template:Hu-conj-ok
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Template:Der.[2]
Noun
Declension
Template:Hu-infl-nomTemplate:Hu-pos-etek
References
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
- Template:Lb sound of bell
Etymology 2
From Template:Bor, from Template:Der, from Template:Der, from Template:Der. Template:Doublet.
Pronunciation
Noun
- Template:L,
- a circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
- boxing ring
- Template:Lb circle
Further reading
Mizo
Adjective
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Template:Der, from Template:Der.
Noun
- Template:L; a circular piece of material
- The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Template:Der, from Template:Der.
Pronunciation
Noun
- Template:L; a circular piece of material
- a circle
- The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place
Derived terms
Verb
References
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Template:Dercat From Template:Inh.
Noun
Declension
Descendants
Polish
Etymology
Template:Dercat Template:Bor+. Template:Dbt.
Pronunciation
Noun
Declension
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Template:Der.
Noun
- the Template:L Template:Q
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Template:Bor. Template:Doublet.
Noun
Further reading
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh.
Noun
- Template:L; a circular piece of material
- The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place
- Template:Lb A ring, algebraic structure
- Template:Lb A ring, planar geometrical figure
- Template:Lb A ring, collection of material orbiting some planets
- Each of the (usually three) years in a Swedish Template:L (highschool)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
References
West Frisian
Etymology
From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh. Cognate with Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog.
Noun
- ring, circle
- Template:Topics ring (jewelry)
Derived terms
Further reading
Yola
Etymology
From Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh.