0 an area around the centre of a town or city where people live:
1 relating to an area around the centre of a town or city where people live:
inner-ring suburbs
Aging inner-ring housing has become more affordable.
Inner-ring communities have high-density housing and park-like yards.
Aging inner-ring cities with dense commercial areas are at a disadvantage in attracting corporate headquarters.
The inner ring of a bearing is fastened on a shaft, and the outer ring is installed in a housing.
None of the three inner ring termini appears to have served a residential function.
They suggest that the inner ring evenually breaks up into spots, while the outer ring can remain stable for a long time.
Where objects were arranged in two rings, the inner ring was always at a fixed distance from the crab's star ting position (10 cm).
Eventually all droplets in the inner ring vanish (including the newly merged ones), only the outer ring of larger droplets survives.