Niven ring
nounEtymology Named after American science fiction writer Larry Niven, who wrote the famous science-fiction novel Ringworld that popularized the idea.
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Literature, Media, Publishing, 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
- Dyson ring, megastructure
- Coordinate terms
- Dyson sphere, Alderson disc, Alderson disk