Timeline for Why is a ring called a "ring"?
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| Feb 16 at 23:43 | comment | added | James Propp | "Korper" (the original word for what English-speakers call a "field") can also be used to signify a group of people; and in English too one speaks of a "governing body". I think all these coinages were intended to suggest assemblages of individuals. | |
| Feb 16 at 23:25 | history | edited | Martin Sleziak | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
http -> https (the question was bumped anyway)
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| S Feb 16 at 23:14 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 28, 2012 at 12:56 | comment | added | user9072 | ...as opposed to an object in its own right, and a ring then as a physical object often would even be something quite monolithic. | |
| Dec 28, 2012 at 12:49 | comment | added | user9072 | Verband, that's an interesting additional example. The English name for 'Verband' (in the math sense) is lattice (in the order, not geometry sense, the latter would be 'Gitter'). [BTW, an efficient way to find such info is indeed Wikipedia, just change the language on the respective page.] While I mentioned it in passing myself, I did not fully appreciate this at that moment. The more I think about it the more this interpretation makes sense to me. It fits also better with the idea (there predominant IMO) as thinking of a ring as a certain collection of numbers,... | |
| Dec 28, 2012 at 2:27 | comment | added | Timothy Chow | "Ring" has this meaning in English sometimes as well, e.g., a spy ring. So does "circle," e.g., circle of friends, social circle. | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 20:31 | history | answered | Fabian Lenhardt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |