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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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History
Named after American science fiction writer Larry Niven, who wrote the famous science-fiction novel Ringworld that popularized the idea.
