A plastic ring that is designed to be implanted in the cornea, the transparent structure at the front of the eye, to flatten the cornea and thereby reduce the degree of nearsightedness (myopia). The ring is placed in the corneal stroma, the middle of the five layers of the cornea.

"circular band," Old English hring "small circlet, especially one of metal for wearing on the finger or as part of a mail coat; anything circular," from Proto-Germanic *hringaz &qu [..]

"sound a bell," Old English hringan "sound, give a certain resonant sound when struck; announce by bells," from Proto-Germanic *khrengan (source also of Old Norse hringja, Swedish [..]

"make a circle around," Old English ymbhringan, from the root of ring (n.1). Intransitive sense "gather in a ring" is mid-15c. Sense of "provide or attach a ring" is late [..]

1540s, "set of church bells," from ring (v.1). Meaning "a call on the telephone" is from 1900; to give (someone) a ring "call on the telephone" was in use by 1910. Meanin [..]

Ring [N] [S]Used as an ornament to decorate the fingers, arms, wrists, and also the ears and the nose. Rings were used as a signet ( Genesis 38:18 ). They were given as a token of investment with auth [..]

A type of network topology where the devices are connected to a continuous conductor.

A network configuration (topology) in which all computers and devices are connected to a circular pathway. See star and bus.

a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity" sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships [..]

An entity that maps Object Storage data to partitions. A separate ring exists for each service, such as account, object, and container.

a circle. Some rings are made of gold or silver and pretty stones, to be worn on your fingers. The same word also means the sound of a bell

In telephony, a signal of specific duration and character that indicates to a user (customer, subscriber) that a calling party is engaged in an access attempt. 2. Synonym ring network. See network topology.

Internet Glossary A local-area network (LAN) whose topology is a ring. That is, all of the nodes are connected in a closed loop. Messages travel around the ring, with each node reading those messages addressed to it. One of the advantages of ring networks is that they can span larger distances than other types of networks, such as bus networks, bec [..]

The ring was regarded as an indispensable article of a Hebrew's attire, inasmuch as it contained his signet. It was hence the symbol of authority. (Genesis 41:42; Esther 3:10) Rings were worn not [..]

Used as an ornament to decorate the fingers, arms, wrists, and also the ears and the nose. Rings were used as a signet (Gen. 38:18). They were given as a token of investment with authority (Gen. 41:42 [..]

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To dream of wearing rings, denotes new enterprises in which you will be successful. A broken ring, foretells quarrels and unhappiness in the married state, and separation to lovers. For a young woman to receive a ring, denotes that worries over her lover's conduct will cease, as he will devote himself to her pleasures and future interest. To s [..]

Noun. The anus. Cf. 'ring-piece'.

Scanning a product or tabulating a retail price on a register system.

a circlet usually of precious metal worn on the finger

gauge - A standard industry measurement for the diameter of a cigar in 64ths of an inch. A 50 ring gauge cigar is 50/64ths of an inch thick.  Click here for more information

type of jewelry that is worn on the finger and is usually made of precious metal.

An inviolate shaped part (casting, stamping or extrusion) mounted at intervals on the counter balance shaft to insure smooth coiling or improve balance and for attachment of curtain to pipe.

A circular area on the trading floor of an exchange where traders and brokers stand while executing futures trades. Some exchanges use pits rather than rings. See Pit.

Unit of volume, four bushels.    (Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 245)

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A system governing privilege levels in a microprocessor

(n) a characteristic sound(n) a toroidal shape(n) a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling(n) (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a mole [..]

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If a lady or gentleman is willing to marry, but not engaged, a ring should be worn on the index finger of the left hand; if engaged, on the second finger; if married, on the third finger; but if eithe [..]

The Ring and the Book. An idyllic epic by Robert Browning, founded on a cause célèbre of Italian history (1698). Guido Franceschi’ni, a Florentine nobleman of shattered fortune, by the advice [..]

The space set apart for prize-fighters, horse-racing, etc. So called because the spectators stand round in a ring.

To make a ring. To combine in order to control the price of a given article. Thus, if the chief merchants of any article (say salt, flour, or sugar) combine, they can fix the selling price, and thus s [..]

It has the true ring—has intrinsic merit; bears the mark of real talent. A metaphor taken from the custom of judging genuine money by its “ring” or sound. Ring, a circlet, i [..]

A piece of jewellery that is work around the finger.

A large gear, which is attached to the drive sheave. Riser - A series of hall stations for an elevator or group of elevators

[1] A geographic ring is spatially defined as a portion of a metropolitan area approximated by an annulus centered on a central business district (CBD) and associated with land uses that decrease in t [..]

(1) As in Tip and Ring, one of the two wires needed to set up a telephone connection. (2) A reference to the ringing of the telephone set. (3) Design of a Local Area Netw [..]

See Bleed Ring.

(v): place computer or register order. (n) total sales.

Ring or shackle in inboard end of anchor shank for attach­ment of cable.

An area at a show

n. "ring, finger ring; (with come on) (join the) ring dance," s.v. ring sb.\1 OED. KEY: ring@n

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Operational code name for Soviet offensive against German army at Stalingrad - January 1943

A designated area on the exchange floor where traders and brokers stand while executing trades. Instead of rings, some exchanges use pits.

sequence of nonintersecting chains or strings and (or) arcs, with closure. A ring represents a closed boundary, but not the interior area inside the closed boundary.

for a maker of rings as jewelry or as in harness.

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