outer ring
inner-ring
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˌɪn.ə ˈrɪŋ/ us /ˌɪn.ɚ ˈrɪŋ/
relating to an area around the centre of a town or city where people live: （城镇）内环的
inner-ring suburbs内环郊区
Aging inner-ring housing has become more affordable.老化的内环住房价格已经变得更加实惠。
Inner-ring communities have high-density housing and park-like yards.
Older, inner-ring suburbs don't have enough places to shop.
Aging inner-ring cities with dense commercial areas are at a disadvantage in attracting corporate headquarters.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
anti-development
arrondissement
backstreet
backstreets
borough
botanic garden
business park
Chinatown
housing estate
industrial estate
marketplace
midtown
non-residential
old town
outer ring
plaza
shantytown
skid
subdivision
uptown

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Centres of objects

Examples of inner ring

inner ring
The innerring of a bearing is fastened on a shaft, and the outer ring is installed in a housing.
None of the three innerring termini appears to have served a residential function.
They suggest that the innerring evenually breaks up into spots, while the outer ring can remain stable for a long time.
Where objects were arranged in two rings, the innerring was always at a fixed distance from the crab's star ting position (10 cm).
Eventually all droplets in the innerring vanish (including the newly merged ones), only the outer ring of larger droplets survives.
The innerring in the two diagrams depicts the snapshot (black), the second ring the current view (gray).
Some time later, the innerring breaks up.
The basic components of a bearing are an innerring, an outer ring, the rolling components and a supporting cage, which keeps the rolling components distributed uniformly.
The most important feature will be the proposed new traffic circulation system, which will require completion of the innerring road.
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