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Ring may refer to:
Jewelry
Sound
- Ring, to strike a bell (instrument)
- Tinnitus, a persistent ringing in the ears
- Ringtone, the action a telephone performs when it is triggered by an incoming call
Mathematics
- Ring (mathematics), an algebraic structure
Geometry
Science and engineering
- Planetary ring, a flat disc-shaped ring of matter orbiting a planet
- Ring circuit, electrical wiring technique
- Piston ring, an automotive part, an open-ended ring that fits into a groove on the outer diameter of a piston
- Cyclic compound, a series of carbon atoms connected in the form of a loop or ring.
- Ring armature, in electric motors such as on a Gramme machine
Medical
- Internal abdominal ring (annulus inguinalis abdominis; internal or deep abdominal ring): situated in the transversalis fascia, midway between the anterior superior iliac spine and the symphysis pubis
- Femoral ring, the base of the femoral canal
- Vascular ring a congenital defect in which there is an abnormal formation of the aorta and/or its surrounding blood vessels
Computing
- Ring (computer security), a layer of protection in computer systems
- Token ring, a networking technology
Entertainment
- Ring (computer game) (1999), a video game based loosely on Richard Wagner's opera
Sports
- Boxing ring, the space in which a boxing match occurs
- Ring Magazine, a boxing magazine
- Wrestling ring
- RINGS, a Japanese professional wrestling promotion
- Flying Rings a gymnastic event or device
- Rings (gymnastics), an artistic gymnastics apparatus traditionally used by male gymnasts
Films
- The Rings, or Zangha (1985), an Iranian horror film
- Ring (film), or Ringu (1998), a Japanese horror film based on the Suzuki novel
- Ring 2, the 1999 Japanese film sequel
- The Ring (film) (2002), an American adaptation of the Japanese film
- The Ring Two, the American film sequel
- Rings (short film) a 2005 American horror short film by Jonathan Liebesman
Fiction
- Ring (Suzuki novel) (1991), by Koju Suzuki
- Ring (Baxter novel) (1994), a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
- Rings (1999), an omnibus edition of four novels by science-fiction author Charles L. Harness
Music
- Ring (song) (2000), a single by Japanese duo B'z
Organizations
- Rings (local IBM clubs), local organizations affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Magicians
- Grasshopper Scouts ring, the whole unit of a Grasshopper Scouts organization in Hong Kong Scouting
Miscellaneous
- Ring, County Waterford, a village in the Republic of Ireland
- Ring (diacritic), as in "Åmål"
- Canal ring, a circular canal route
- Ring road, or Beltway, a highway around a city
- Ring, the Latin word and British slang term for anus
- Six pack rings plastic rings that are used in shipping and packaging of beverages
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