guard ring
n 1. (Jewellery) jewellery Also called: guard or keeper ring an extra ring worn to prevent another from slipping off the finger
2. (General Physics) an electrode used to counteract distortion of the electric fields at the edges of other electrodes in a capacitor or electron lens
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