ring-light

A form of ring light — A continuous circular strip of light around a camera lens (either directly on the rim or as a standalone item) for the purpose of evenly illuminating the subject.

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Meanings

nounring-light (countable and uncountable, plural ring-lights)

plural ring-lights

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of ring light.
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    [Emma Jane] Unsworth describes how “late at night, after video calls with the East Coast of America, she often stayed on as a host, alone, in those abandoned Zoom rooms, her own face staring back at her, the glow of the ring-light as hygge as any wood-burning stove, sipping a glass of something moderately alcoholic, feeling a dystopian peace …”

    2025 May 12, Shahidha Bari, quoting Emma Jane Unsworth, “Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth review – a riotous roadtrip”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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APA

ring-light. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ring-light

MLA

“ring-light.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ring-light. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ring-light,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ring-light.

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