ring
ringlike
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a word derived from
ring.
Example Sentences
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This phenomenon, known as an Einstein ring, occurs when gravity bends light in a way that creates a ringlike appearance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
The fortified village had a central plaza and would have been part of a local urban network in the southern Amazon, while the geoglyphs included a cluster of ringlike designs.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
Past studies have shown dolphins are vulnerable to infections of poxvirus, which causes ringlike lesions on the skin, and fungal diseases such as lobomycosis, which causes cystlike nodules.
From Science Magazine ● May 19, 2022
The electron microscope revealed a ringlike shape characteristic of a paramyxovirus — a family that includes measles, mumps and respiratory illnesses, but not Japanese encephalitis.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021
The minute and curious marks so produced are known as haloes; for they surround, in ringlike forms, minute particles of included substances which contain radioactive elements.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
