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Definition of 'toroid'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (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 0937147087, pp. 27–28