toroid

English

Noun

toroid (plural toroids)

(mathematics) A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
A ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus.

Quotations

1994, The photon belt, a huge torroid [sic] shaped object composed of photon light particles, was first discovered by your scientists in 1961 near the vicinity of the Pleiades by satellite instrumentation. — You are Becoming a Galactic Human, by Virginia Essene and Sheldon Nidel, →ISBN, pp. 27–28

Related terms

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Translations

surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane

Bulgarian: тороид (toroid)
German: Toroid m
Polish: toroid (pl) m

Russian: тороид (ru) m (toroid)
Spanish: toroide
Ukrainian: тороїд m (torojid)

ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus

Bulgarian: тороид m (toroid)

Tagalog: malabagway

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Finnish: toroidi

Italian: toroide (it) m

Anagrams

Dorito

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