Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plain ring worn to prevent a valuable one from slipping from the finger; a keeper.
- noun In electricity, an annular metal plate which surrounds the attracted disk of an electrometer and is maintained at the same potential as the disk.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was wearing an old frieze overcoat, the bottom of which had suffered from a puppy's teeth, and a bowler hat with a guard-ring dangling from its flat brim.
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She gave him both her hands, but though he only pressed them silently, that pressure nearly destroyed the victory she had won, for the strong grasp snapped the slender guard-ring Moor had given her a week ago.
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Because the sensor is constructed like a guard-ring capacitor, almost ideal linearity and resolution against metal targets is achieved.
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Because the sensor is constructed like a guard-ring capacitor, almost ideal linearity and resolution against metal targets is achieved.
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Because the sensor is constructed like a guard-ring capacitor, almost ideal linearity and resolution against metal targets is achieved.
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Because the sensor is constructed like a guard-ring capacitor, almost ideal linearity and resolution against metal targets is achieved.
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Because the sensor is constructed like a guard-ring capacitor, almost ideal linearity and resolution against metal targets is achieved.
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