Ring may refer to:

Jewelry

• Finger ring
  • Magic ring, Rings of Power, The One Ring
• Toe ring
• Arm ring
• Earring
  • Nose piercing, Tongue piercing, Nipple piercing, Clitoris piercing
• Cock ring, a sex toy

Medicine

• Schatzki ring, a congenital mucosal ring in the esophagus
• Tinnitus, a persistent ringing in the ears

Science, engineering, and math

• Ring (mathematics), an algebraic structure
  • Annulus, various ring-shaped objects
• Ring structures in chemistry, such as aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic compounds
• Planetary ring, a flat disc-shaped ring of matter orbiting a planet
• Growth rings, usually a synonym for tree rings
• Ring species, populations in biology which are difficult to properly categorize into separate species
• Ring circuit, ring final circuit
• Ring armature, in electric motors
• O-ring, a loop of elastomer with an o-shaped cross-section, used as a mechanical seal
  • Piston ring, an open-ended ring that fits into a groove on the outer diameter of a piston

Computing

• Ring (computer security), rings of protection
• Token ring, a networking technology
• Web ring, a group of independent but related web sites linked to each other in sequence

Miscellaneous

• Planetary ring
• Ring (telephone), the action a telephone performs when it is triggered by an incoming call
• Rings (gymnastics), an artistic gymnastics apparatus traditionally used by male gymnasts
• Ring (diacritic), as in "Åmål"
• Canal ring, a circular canal route
• A ring road, or beltway, a highway around a city
• A crime ring; see organized crime
• The Olympic rings, the symbol of the modern Olympic Games
• Onion rings, a type of fast food

• The anus, in British slang

Places

• Ring, County Waterford, a village in the Republic of Ireland

Entertainment

• Rings (Legend of Zelda), items in the Zelda series which provide special benefits when obtained
• Rings (Sonic the Hedgehog), items which provide protection against injury in the Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Ring (Suzuki novel)
• Ring (film), or Ringu, a 1998 Japanese horror film
• The Ring (film), a 2002 American adaptation of the Japanese film
• Ring (Baxter novel), a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
• Ringworld, a science fiction novel by Larry Niven
• The Lord of the Rings, a famous fantasy saga set in Middle-earth
• Ring Magazine, a boxing magazine
• Der Ring des Nibelungen, a series of four operas by Richard Wagner
• RINGS, a Japanese professional wrestling promotion
• Boxing ring, the space in which a boxing match occurs
• Ryzom Ring, MMO Editor for The Saga of Ryzom

See also

• The Ring (disambiguation)
• Circle, Crop circle

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