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split-ring

split-ring noun: a ring of metal wire looped almost twice about, as a keyring.

Noun

split-ring (plural split-rings)

  1. A ring of metal wire looped almost twice about, as a keyring.
    • Something was moving to and fro there, very quietly; every now and then it tapped against the wall, or started on its movements with a faint metallic ringing, like the movement of keys on a split-ring.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 232
  2. Either of a pair of concentric metallic rings with slits on opposite sides, used in split-ring resonators.

Forms of split-ring

pluralsplit-rings
alternative formsplit ring

Phrases with split-ring

Questions about split-ring

What does split-ring mean?
Split-ring means a ring of metal wire looped almost twice about, as a keyring.
What part of speech is split-ring?
Split-ring is a noun.
What is the plural of split-ring?
The plural of split-ring is split-rings.

Words near split-ring in the dictionary

  1. split-levels
  2. split-new
  3. split-phase power
  4. split-quaternion
  5. split-quaternions
  6. split-ring
  7. split-ring resonator
  8. split-ring resonators
  9. split-rings
  10. split-S
  11. split-second

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