Split-ring

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ring of metal wire looped almost twice about, as a keyring.

    "Something was moving to and fro there, very quietly; every now and then it tapped against the wall, or started on its movements with a faint metallic ringing, like the movement of keys on a split-ring."

  2. 2
    Either of a pair of concentric metallic rings with slits on opposite sides, used in split-ring resonators.

Example

More examples

"Something was moving to and fro there, very quietly; every now and then it tapped against the wall, or started on its movements with a faint metallic ringing, like the movement of keys on a split-ring."

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