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split-rings

split-rings is the plural of split-ring.

Meaning of split-ring

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.

Questions about split-rings

What is split-rings the plural of?
Split-rings is the plural of split-ring.

Words near split-rings in the dictionary

  1. split-quaternion
  2. split-quaternions
  3. split-ring
  4. split-ring resonator
  5. split-ring resonators
  6. split-rings
  7. split-S
  8. split-second
  9. split-seconds
  10. split-Ses
  11. split-shot

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