toroid

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Quotations 1.1.2 Related terms 1.1.3 Translations

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[edit] Noun

toroid (plural toroids)

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Related terms

• toroidal

[edit] Translations

• Finnish: toroidi fi(fi)
• Italian: toroide it(it) m.