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Niven ring
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English
Etymology
en American science fiction writer Larry Niven =, who wrote the famous science-fiction novel en Ringworld that popularized the idea.
Noun
en science fiction A solid ring type Dyson ring around a star, capable of containing an interior surface that could be terraformed into a habitat with an inner ring of occultation panels to provide a day-night cycle.
Hypernyms
en Dyson ring
en megastructure
Coordinate terms
en Dyson sphere
en Alderson disc / Alderson disk
Anagrams
en egiinnnrv innerving
en Megastructures Space colonization