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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ringworld

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
ring-world
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

ringworlds (plural)

Questions

What does ringworld mean?
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.
Where does ringworld come from?
From ring + world, introduced by Larry Niven in the novel Ringworld (1970).

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