1. n. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
2. n. The opening so formed.
3. n. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.
4. n. A ring road or beltway.
5. n. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
6. n. A complete circuit for an electric current.
7. n. (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
8. n. (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
9. n. (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
10. n. (transportation) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
11. n. (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
12. n. A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
13. n. An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
14. n. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
15. n. alternative form of loupes (mass of iron).
16. n. (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
17. v. To form something into a loop.
18. v. To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
19. v. To fly an aircraft in a loop.
20. v. To move something in a loop.
21. v. To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
22. v. To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
23. v. To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
24. v. (intransitive) To form a loop.
25. v. (intransitive) To move in a loop.
The program loops until the user presses a key.
ring
1. 名詞. 輪。環。
2. 名詞. 指輪。鼻輪。イヤリング。
3. 名詞. （人や物の）輪。
4. 名詞. (astronomy)（惑星の）輪。
5. 名詞. (British, archaeology)環状の土塁。
6. 名詞. (boxing)リング。
7. 名詞. （サーカスなどの）リング。
8. 名詞. （悪人の）徒党。一味。
9. 名詞. (化学)（原子の）輪。
10. 名詞. (shape)輪。
11. 名詞. (typography)リング符号。
12. 名詞. (computing)リング型。
13. 動詞. (他動詞)取り囲む。
14. 動詞. (他動詞)環状の物をつける。
15. 動詞. (他動詞)指輪・鼻輪などをはめる。
16. 動詞. （鷹が）旋回しながら舞い上がる。
17. 名詞. （ベルなどの）おと。
18. 名詞. (figuratively)印象。ひびき。
19. 名詞. (口語)（電話の）呼び出し。
20. 名詞. （繰り返し鳴る）おおきな音。
21. 動詞. (自動詞)（ベルなどが）鳴る。
22. 動詞. (他動詞)（ベルなどを）ならす。
23. 動詞. (自動詞, figuratively)～のようにきこえる。
24. 動詞. (他動詞, 口語, British, New Zealand)電話する。
25. 動詞. (自動詞)鳴り響く。
26. 名詞. (mathematics)環。
ring
1. n. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
2. n. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
3. n. A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
4. n. (British) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
5. n. (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
6. n. In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
7. n. An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a s
8. n. (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
9. n. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
10. n. A circular group of people or objects.
a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood
11. n. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.
12. n. (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
13. n. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
onion rings
14. n. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
15. n. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale)
16. n. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
a benzene ring
17. n. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
18. n. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
19. n. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
20. n. (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
21. n. (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
22. n. (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
23. v. To surround or enclose.
The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.
24. v. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle.
They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
25. v. To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.
26. v. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
to ring a pig's snout
27. v. (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
28. n. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.
The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air.
29. n. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
The name has a nice ring to it.
30. n. (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood.
31. n. (colloquial) A telephone call.
I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.
32. n. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
33. n. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
St Mary's has a ring of eight bells.
34. v. (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
The bells were ringing in the town.
35. v. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.
36. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
Whose mobile phone is ringing?
37. v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
That does not ring true.
38. v. (transitive, colloquial, British, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
I will ring you when we arrive.
39. v. (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
40. v. (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
41. v. (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
42. n. (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive oper
The set of integers,\mathbbZ, is the prototypical ring.
43. n. (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set2\mathbbZ of even integers to be a ring.
