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ring (RING) (noun)
1. A clear resonating sound made by striking an object, such as metal or glass: The church bells have a wonderful ring to them on a winter’s night.
Jane mentioned, "If you tap the crystal goblet carefully, you can hear it ring."
2. A circular band often worn on a person's finger; or a circular band used to hold items: Stacy inherited a beautiful ring from her aunt and she wears it every day.Aurora's friend gave her a key ring so she wouldn't lose her keys so often.
3. A square space often used for sporting events: The boxers met in the ring for the boxing competition.ring (RING) (verb)
1. To place a telephone call: Shelby's assistant said, "Shelby, Tony said he will ring you in the morning to confirm your luncheon date."
2. To encircle: The low mountains ring the green valley.
2. To encircle: The low mountains ring the green valley.
wring (RING) (verb)
1. To twist one's palms and fingers as an expression of anxiety: Travis always knew that his mother was worried when he saw her wring her hands.
2. To squeeze or to twist something in order to remove moisture: Janet said, "Dottie, be sure to wring out the dishcloth before hanging it up."
3. To get something out of someone or out of an item or object with a lot of effort: The executive officer tried to wring every last dollar of profit out of the failing company.
2. To squeeze or to twist something in order to remove moisture: Janet said, "Dottie, be sure to wring out the dishcloth before hanging it up."
3. To get something out of someone or out of an item or object with a lot of effort: The executive officer tried to wring every last dollar of profit out of the failing company.
Marla will wring out Chad's polishing cloth, and then he will polish the bell so that it will ring loudly and clearly and then he will ring her up when he is done.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group R; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“ring”
(Latin: ring)
(Latin: ring, an iron ring for the feet; circle; (so called because of its form); usually the posterior opening of the alimentary canal through which undigested food is voided; the anus)
(Greek: ring; used in the extended sense of pertaining to the [ring-shaped] cartilage that forms the back and lower part of the laryngeal cavity)
(Greek: turning, spinning, whirling, bend, circular motion; originally, "circle, curved, ring")
(Latin: rut or track made in the ground by a wheel; circle, ring, round surface, disk)
(Greek: shell; husk; cup [of a flower], used primarily in the specialized senses of "pertaining to or of a cup-shaped bodily organ or cavity"; also a reference to the "cup-shaped ring of sepals encasing a flower bud")
(Latin: circle [a ring; wheel], round)
(Latin: to ring, to jingle; formed by reduplication (for the sake of emphasis) from the base of Latin tinnire, which is of imitative origin.)
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“ring”
The internal and upper opening of the inguinal (groin) canal, bounded inferiorly by the inguinal (groin) ligament, medially by the inferior epigastric vessels, and above and laterally by the lower free border of the transversus abdominis muscle which is the broad, flat muscle of the abdomen: When Tim went to his doctor for a check-up, the abdominal inguinal ring was also examined.
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abdomin-, abdomino-, abdomen-
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-al; -ial, -eal
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anulus iridis, border of iris, ring of iris
Either of two zones on the anterior surface of the iris, separated by a circular line concentric with the pupillary border.
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annul-, anul-
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-ulus, -olus, -ulum, -ola
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electron positron storage ring, electron-positron storage ring
1. A vacuum chamber which is encased with bending and focusing magnets, in which counter-rotating beams of electrons and positrons are stored for several hours and then forced to collide with each other.
2. An annular vacuum chamber, enclosed by bending and focusing magnets, in which counter-rotating beams of electrons and positrons are stored for several hours and can be made to collide with each other.
2. An annular vacuum chamber, enclosed by bending and focusing magnets, in which counter-rotating beams of electrons and positrons are stored for several hours and can be made to collide with each other.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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electron ring accelerator, ERA
A proposed particle accelerator in which protons to be accelerated are trapped by the space charge of a ring of relativisitic electrons which is then accelerated.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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