Ringing may mean:
Vibrations
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Ringing (signal), unwanted oscillation of a signal, leading to
ringing artifacts
In signal processing, particularly digital image processing, ringing artifacts are artifacts that appear as spurious signals near sharp transitions in a signal. Visually, they appear as bands or "ghosts" near edges; audibly, they appear as "ec ...
* Vibration of a
harmonic oscillator
In classical mechanics, a harmonic oscillator is a system that, when displaced from its Mechanical equilibrium, equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force ''F'' Proportionality (mathematics), proportional to the displacement ''x'':
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Bell ringing
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Ringing (telephony), the sound of a telephone bell
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Ringing (medicine)
Tinnitus is the perception of sound when no corresponding external sound is present. Nearly everyone experiences a faint "normal tinnitus" in a completely quiet room; but it is of concern only if it is bothersome, interferes with normal hearin ...
, a ringing sound in the ears
Other uses
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Bird ringing
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight ...
, using numbered small metal pr plastic leg rings to track birds
* Ringing (of
vehicles), 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)
Wringing may refer to:
* Wringing (gauge blocks), the temporary attachment of gauge blocks to each other
*Wringer, a device that extracts liquid by action of twisting or squeezing (see: mangle (machine))
*Neck wringing (see: strangling)
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Ring (disambiguation)
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