Niven ring

English

Etymology

Named after American science fiction writer Larry Niven, who wrote the famous science-fiction novel Ringworld that popularized the idea.

Noun

Niven ring (plural Niven rings)

1. (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

Anagrams

• innerving