- steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion
- (Stainless steels) Steels that are corrosion and heat resistant and contain a minimum of 10% to 12% chromium. Other alloying elements are often present.
- In metallurgy stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French "inoxydable", is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 or 11% chromium content by mass. Stainless steel does not stain, corrode, or rust as easily as ordinary steel, but it is not stain-proof.
- A form of steel containing chromium, resistant to tarnishing and rust
- Established practice or usage having the force of law or right
- accepted or habitual practice
- custom-made: made according to the specifications of an individual
- a specific practice of long standing
- A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time
- A thing that one does habitually
- Each of a series of resonant or vibrating sounds signaling an incoming telephone call
- a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"
- a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"
- sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang"
- A telephone call
- An act of causing a bell to sound, or the resonant sound caused by this