English Explanatory Dictionary

ringworld

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An artificial megastructure in space, consisting of a rotating ring encircling a star and having an inhabitable inner surface with gravity produced through centripetal force.

Word forms

ringworld ringworlds

Etymology

From ring + world, introduced by Larry Niven in the novel Ringworld (1970).

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