Ringing may mean:
Vibrations
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Ringing (signal)
In electronics, signal processing, and video, ringing is oscillation of a signal, particularly in the step response (the response to a sudden change in input). Often ringing is undesirable, but not always, as in the case of resonant inductive c ...
, unwanted oscillation of a signal, leading to
ringing artifacts
In signal processing, particularly digital image processing, ringing artifacts are Artifact (error), artifacts that appear as spurious signals near sharp transitions in a signal. Visually, they appear as bands or "ghosts" near edges; audibly, t ...
* Vibration of a
harmonic oscillator
In classical mechanics, a harmonic oscillator is a system that, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force ''F'' proportional to the displacement ''x'':
\vec F = -k \vec x,
where ''k'' is a positive const ...
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Bell ringing
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Ringing (telephony), the sound of a telephone bell
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Ringing (medicine), a ringing sound in the ears
Other uses
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Bird ringing
Bird ringing (UK) or bird banding (US) is the attachment of a small, individually numbered metal or plastic tag to the leg or wing of a wild bird to enable individual identification. This helps in keeping track of the movements of the bird an ...
, using numbered small metal pr plastic leg rings to track birds
* Ringing (of
vehicle
A vehicle () is a machine designed for self-propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both. The term "vehicle" typically refers to land vehicles such as human-powered land vehicle, human-powered vehicles (e.g. bicycles, tricycles, velo ...
s), the illegal practice of stealing a vehicle and replacing its identification number with that of another vehicle of the same model which has been a
write-off
See also
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Wringing (disambiguation)
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Ring (disambiguation)
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