ringworld
The English word “ringworld” has 1 meaning listed here.
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).
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